How to get it to work with File2Folder?

[chumbolito]

Hi,
I'm new to this app and am absolutely not a coder and it seems to me that to be able to use it, one needs to have some grasp on at least some basic coding (which I don't!).

This app was recommended to me by some on a forum where I was requesting for a feature in an app called File2Folder. File2Folder does exactly that....it creates a shell menu which allows you to then put your selected files into folders by right-clicking the file and selecting 'File2Folder' in the menu. The only problem is that it will do it one file at a time! In my case I have 100s of files I'd like to put into folders so I was told this app could help in doing that in one click.

If it is in fact possible, could I ask a kind soul tell me how to do that?
Thanks! 
chumbolito

[mouser]

Which "File2Folder" are you talking about?
Is it: http://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=3384.msg23717#msg23717
Or another?

[chumbolito]

I'm not sure, it's confusing because it's not the same thread where I had posted the same request and from which this app was suggested as a solution. So go here and you'll see my post and the replies to it: http://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=19770.msg413800#msg413800

[chumbolito]

So....no help then I guess? 

[tomos]

I'm not sure, it's confusing because it's not the same thread where I had posted the same request and from which this app was suggested as a solution. So go here and you'll see my post and the replies to it: http://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=19770.msg413800#msg413800

hi Chumbolito,
Skwire, who replied to your post at that link, is the author of Files2Folders
he recommended another app of his (instead of drag n drop robot) - did you have a look at that?

[chumbolito]

Well...yes. If you read the other thread, didn't you see my reply to skwire? I said I was completely lost and incapable of using it. Same here but it just seemed a little bit more accessible, but maybe not.

[tomos]

had a closer look,
you wanted:

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?

from the Files 2 Folder help file:

4) If you have selected multiple files and choose 'Files 2 Folder' from the
  menu, a box will pop up with three options:
      1) [..]
      2) Move each file to individual subfolders based on their names e.g.:
          Good.bat  -> .\Good\Good.bat
          Better.txt -> .\Better\Better.txt

http://www.dcmembers.com/skwire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/apps/files_2_folder/help.txt

is that not what you wanted?
Okay, it's not one click, but it's two (I think) and that for as many files as you want...

[skwire]

The only problem is that it will do it one file at a time!

My Files 2 Folder application does work with multiple files.  What happens when you select multiple files and choose Files 2 Folder from the menu?

[chumbolito]

Geez, I feel so embarrassed 
It is working! But....I can promise you I must have attempted this at the time of posting (the OP is old) and something must have gone wrong because I was aware of that option in the menu!
In fact, it's odd that nobody mentioned this in my OP!? That should have been the starting point for troubleshooting a problem.

Oh well, all cleared, it's working, I'm happy! 
Thanks for your patience and guidance!
chumbolito

[tomos]

^well I sent you on the wrong track by suggesting drag & drop robot.
(I had also misread your post and thought you wanted the folder name be different from file name... but all sorted now )

[skwire]

Oh well, all cleared, it's working, I'm happy! 
Thanks for your patience and guidance!

Good to hear it's working!  =]