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General Software Discussion / Re: Flexible File and Folder Organizing Tool
« on: November 28, 2007, 12:26 PM »
You can create a virtual folder in Windows by using junction points (called reparse points in Vista). A few links -
http://www.bitsum.com/shjunc.asp
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/205524
simple cmd line app - http://www.microsoft...ndDisk/Junction.mspx
e.g. if you have c:\docs\taxes, you can do
junction c:\imp c:\docs\taxes
junction c:\tax c:\docs\taxes
and both will point to the same physical folder.
For tagging you can take a look at 2 promising apps - taggtool and tag2find.
Don't get me started again on what WinFS could and should've been
http://www.bitsum.com/shjunc.asp
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/205524
simple cmd line app - http://www.microsoft...ndDisk/Junction.mspx
e.g. if you have c:\docs\taxes, you can do
junction c:\imp c:\docs\taxes
junction c:\tax c:\docs\taxes
and both will point to the same physical folder.
For tagging you can take a look at 2 promising apps - taggtool and tag2find.
Don't get me started again on what WinFS could and should've been