Help me organize my files
April 25, 2022 7:11 AM Subscribe
Is there any software that will help you clean up and organize the files on your computer? I'm kind of a digital slob, and I'm wondering if there's a quick way to, for example, have all my movies moved to a movie folder?
If you're on a Windows machine, WinDirStat is an excellent starting point.
It won't move things for you automatically, but it will scan your drives and give a really useful graphical representation of where and what kind of files are taking up space. It's probably the single piece of Windows software I recommend to people more often than any other.
posted by protorp at 7:26 AM on April 25, 2022 [1 favorite]
It won't move things for you automatically, but it will scan your drives and give a really useful graphical representation of where and what kind of files are taking up space. It's probably the single piece of Windows software I recommend to people more often than any other.
posted by protorp at 7:26 AM on April 25, 2022 [1 favorite]
Everything might be helpful too. Search for ".mp4|.mkv|.mov" and then select the things that are movies right click and hit 'cut', then browse to an appropriate location, and paste. (Yes Everything is better than the Windows search. It's way way way faster.)
I would be very nervous about anything more automated than this.
posted by gregr at 7:34 AM on April 25, 2022 [4 favorites]
I would be very nervous about anything more automated than this.
posted by gregr at 7:34 AM on April 25, 2022 [4 favorites]
If you're on a Windows machine, WinDirStat is an excellent starting point.
I used to use WinDirStat; however, WizTree does the exact same thing twice as fast.
posted by Superilla at 9:53 AM on April 25, 2022 [2 favorites]
I used to use WinDirStat; however, WizTree does the exact same thing twice as fast.
posted by Superilla at 9:53 AM on April 25, 2022 [2 favorites]
I'm pretty relentlessly disorganized and Everything has been a huge help.
Note there's also an Everything toolbar for your taskbar, but I didn't find this too useful myself.
I used to use WinDirStat; however, WizTree does the exact same thing twice as fast.
The catch here is that Wiztree requires admin rights and WDS doesn't. WDS is still handy if you don't have admin (like on a work PC).
posted by neckro23 at 2:05 PM on April 25, 2022 [2 favorites]
Note there's also an Everything toolbar for your taskbar, but I didn't find this too useful myself.
I used to use WinDirStat; however, WizTree does the exact same thing twice as fast.
The catch here is that Wiztree requires admin rights and WDS doesn't. WDS is still handy if you don't have admin (like on a work PC).
posted by neckro23 at 2:05 PM on April 25, 2022 [2 favorites]
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