Author Topic: DONE: Right Click any file and create New Folder by its Name (Read 228636 times)

floc · « **Reply #250 on:** July 30, 2017, 05:31 PM »

strange behavior, because it still works in w10, w2016 is the same heart...

antekgla · « **Reply #251 on:** September 22, 2017, 09:42 AM »

Hi skwire, I use your program from a while now and works great!

I am a programmer myself (begginer) and I am trying to implement this IDropTarget in my application but I can´t find info on this. Well... I find but is all in C++ and it is very hard to me to adapt at Object Pascal (Lazarus).
Maybe you could explain (or point me in the right direction) in how you do in AHK. Maybe this is more easy for my to adapt to my program.

Thanks in advance!

skwire · « **Reply #252 on:** September 22, 2017, 12:19 PM »

I am trying to implement this IDropTarget in my application but I can´t find info on this.
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Maybe you could explain (or point me in the right direction) in how you do in AHK.
-antekgla (September 22, 2017, 09:42 AM)

Files 2 Folder uses a very old AHK library which I've attached to this post.

antekgla · « **Reply #253 on:** September 22, 2017, 02:06 PM »

Files 2 Folder uses a very old AHK library which I've attached to this post.
-skwire (September 22, 2017, 12:19 PM)

Thanks!
I look into it.

chumbolito · « **Reply #254 on:** October 28, 2017, 03:22 AM »

Hi,
Isn't it possible to batch process the basic task of File 2 Folder? i.e., I have 10 files name file 1.txt, file 2. text, file 3.txt,.... (one click batch process) and have them each go to folders named 'file 1', 'file 2', 'file 3', etc...
It would seem very useful when you want to run the basic File 2 Folder action but on multiple - and in my case hundreds! - files in one step?
Thanks,
chumbolito

tomos · « **Reply #255 on:** October 28, 2017, 05:30 AM »

chumbolito, IIUC, this may be of help:
https://www.donation.../dragdrop/index.html

skwire · « **Reply #256 on:** October 28, 2017, 12:27 PM »

I have 10 files name file 1.txt, file 2. text, file 3.txt,.... (one click batch process) and have them each go to folders named 'file 1', 'file 2', 'file 3', etc...
-tomos (October 28, 2017, 05:30 AM)

Sounds like a job for my File Punter app: http://skwire.dcmemb...fp/?page=file-punter

chumbolito · « **Reply #257 on:** October 28, 2017, 12:32 PM »

skwire, if I was able/capable of using it, maybe, but from the screenshot alone I can tell I won't. Don't know what 'regular expressions' are? Thank anyway, I'll now have a look at the one tomos posted.
Thanks anyway to both!

cci8j · « **Reply #258 on:** March 20, 2018, 02:28 PM »

Skwire,

Would you consider a feature request for Files2Folders. Ah, Files2Folders-- the code that saved our world from Armageddon. They teach the children of it, and it provides our people solace in trying times.

Anyway!

Sometimes I want the "target folder" to be created in a different directory than the one I'm in. Can a list of 10 recent directories or so be kept in a pick list and defaulted to the last-used? Also, and I'm not sure how this'll grab ya, sometimes I'd like the target directory to named for me. Can some random string, or perhaps a timestamp, or a combination be generated to offer me that option. These two features are great when weeding a directory (like "Downloads" that may not have been cleaned for a bit...) and wanting to keep the files, but get them out of my face, and put them in the canonical place I keep those files.

Again, loves me the Files2Folders, even without this goosing. If there even IS another computer program, I've never heard of it!

skwire · « **Reply #259 on:** March 20, 2018, 11:05 PM »

Sometimes I want the "target folder" to be created in a different directory than the one I'm in. Can a list of 10 recent directories or so be kept in a pick list and defaulted to the last-used? Also, and I'm not sure how this'll grab ya, sometimes I'd like the target directory to named for me. Can some random string, or perhaps a timestamp, or a combination be generated to offer me that option. These two features are great when weeding a directory (like "Downloads" that may not have been cleaned for a bit...) and wanting to keep the files, but get them out of my face, and put them in the canonical place I keep those files.
-cci8j (March 20, 2018, 02:28 PM)

Most of these options, or close to it, are available when you select multiple files. Have you seen that dialog?

cci8j · « **Reply #260 on:** March 22, 2018, 11:23 AM »

Hi Jody, and thanks again for F2F.

Yes, I see what you mean about using the timestamping for the folder creation. That's fine for me, actually, for the "create a distinct-folder" times.

What I'd love is a way to keep around 10-20 well-known (or, secondarily, recent-- but configured is better) directories. Here's one use case of a couple:

The Downloads folder always collects files of a few types: PDFs, MP3s, soundfonts, ZIPs of various sorts, documents from work, etc. There's places for each of these things (even directories where "downloads" accrete, outside of the standard Downloads folder. For example, if I've downloaded some installers that I want to keep around, I might move them to a well-known but different places. Is there a way to do this, that I'm missing? Typing a long path or remembering (and losing) what's in the copy buffer are more dodgy than creating that list once-in-blue-moon.

Also, sometimes I'll explode a ZIP on the desktop or similar and want to re-constitute a different resulting folder in the canonical place (removing .DS_STORE, manuals for languages I don't speak, etc.). I know where I want that new folder to go, but it's somewhat multi-step to get it there.

Lastly, in my particular case, it could theoretically be better if F2F didn't quit between iterations, but that perhaps complicates things horribly, and it's not like F2F is slow or anything. But, could a flag be sent on startup that tells F2F to re-initialize, but stay resident between iterations? (There are hours where I'll go a-cleaning, and this could help one iota). Keeping it stateless has it's charm, so feel free to say so.

Rockets · « **Reply #261 on:** August 07, 2018, 05:28 PM »

if file's name is:
Английский_фанат,_осквернивший.mp4
no folder is created and error message is shown:
Unable to create destination directory. Aborting...

skwire · « **Reply #262 on:** August 07, 2018, 07:34 PM »

F2F is not Unicode capable. Apologies.

Rockets · « **Reply #263 on:** August 07, 2018, 07:43 PM »

i think i found the problem, it is й:
normally it has one symbol (working):
https://unicodelookup.com/#й/1
but my file has 2 (error):
https://unicodelookup.com/#й/1

PS: parser is not working properly or I am blind

stiffwin · « **Reply #264 on:** October 03, 2018, 02:58 PM »

Hi - is it possible to change the startup resolution? I'm trying to use it on Win10 on a 4k tv, and the text is so small that it is unreadable.
Cheers
Steve

chance24 · « **Reply #265 on:** February 19, 2019, 07:58 AM »

Problem: I have new version of F2F installed on top of an old version so things don't work very well.

I think I need some help with how to uninstall F2F and whatever set-up changes it has left behind before I can reinstall it.

The error message I get now is that the file is not connected to any application.

KaysLover · « **Reply #266 on:** August 14, 2019, 07:02 AM »

Question relating to Windows 10

Is there a way to run the program in "Program files (x86) and sub directories and get it to work there?

Currently, it does nothing (i.e. doesn’t give you an error or anything).

Thanks

spam spam bacon spam · « **Reply #267 on:** January 04, 2020, 01:06 PM »

I resolved the error message: (and here's what I did to fix it)

[Select]

This file does not have a program associated with it for performing...

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FYI:
I'm running Win 7
My user account is a member of the admin group
I use 7-zip via the context menu to unzip archives
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When I install an OS, I create a folder right off C:\ called "Portable Apps"
This is where I place all sort of apps that don't install themselves into C:\Program Files...

Screenshot of my basic setup....

DONE: Right Click any file and create New Folder by its Name

What I normally do (but it wasn't working):

I usually download an archive to "downloads", unzip it to a self-named sub-folder in downloads, and then move that folder with the unzipped contents to my C:\Portable Apps\ directory.

What I did differently::

Instead of unzipping the archive to a sub-folder in the downloads directory, I unzipped it DIRECTLY to it's own sub-folder in C:\Portable Apps\

Once it was unzipped directly into the directory it will remain permanently, I ran the .exe with with admin rights (from the context menu), and it registered (this step always worked though).

I then right clicked on the help.txt file for F2F and chose "Files 2 Folder" and wallah!

No more error!!!

HTH anyone else with the problem...

CDandVinyl · « **Reply #268 on:** April 02, 2020, 10:13 PM »

I'd love an option for a single file to be sent to an existing folder.

For example , yesterday I selected and sent

'All you need is love.mp3'
'Something.mp3'
'I am the walrus.mp3'

to a 'Beatles' folder because F2F allows me to name the folder multiple files are going to.

Today , I want to send 'Back in the USSR' to my Beatles folder via F2F, but I can't...

If I have more multiple files selected , then I *can* send it to the already-named folder

Is a switch possible in the interface to allow a single file to be sent to an already-named folder?

CDandVinyl · « **Reply #269 on:** April 17, 2020, 10:16 AM »

Is this forum still active?

Just wondering ......

skwire · « **Reply #270 on:** April 20, 2020, 03:52 PM »

Is this forum still active?

Just wondering ......
-CDandVinyl (April 17, 2020, 10:16 AM)

Yes, it is. I've just been busy with other things. This app is REALLY old and uses a library that was not meant for anything later than Windows XP. The fact that it works on anything later (Windows 7/8/10) is a bonus. I really don't like messing with this app too much. That said, let me see what I can do for you.

CDandVinyl · « **Reply #271 on:** April 20, 2020, 04:04 PM »

Ok thanks. Very kind of you. The ability to send a single file to an existing folder would be a real plus.

chumbolito · « **Reply #272 on:** April 20, 2020, 04:20 PM »

Just so you know, you're app is much appreciated, I use it regularly!

CDandVinyl · « **Reply #273 on:** July 24, 2020, 10:40 AM »

Very useful program and very well written.

I use it a lot , but it seems dead and unsupported now. Great pity.

visusys · « **Reply #274 on:** November 12, 2021, 04:13 PM »

I have been searching for a utility to do this forever. However, I really don't want a new dialog to pop up when I select multiple files. I'd just like the folder to be created with a default name of "New Folder" or something generic. Is this at all possible? Thanks so much.