Is there a way to navigate folders on the Windows XP desktop? That is, I want to be able to click folder A on the desktop and have the desktop switch to displaying folder A's contents.
posted by long on Jun 12, 2009 - 16 answers

Is there an app/script/somethin'-sweet I can install on my Mac(s) that will allow me to organize my email INBOX? [more inside]
posted by iamkimiam on Jan 31, 2009 - 10 answers

Where do I find a new MP3 player with all the features of my old iriver H320? [more inside]
posted by AZNsupermarket on Oct 25, 2008 - 13 answers

I need a good and fast tool to compare two folders side by side, with the ability of exclude .SVN and other useless files. I've found some ones like Compare Folders and DeltaWalker but I haven't tried these yet. Do you recommend them?
posted by Leech on Oct 22, 2008 - 11 answers

Automating turning folders into disk images in OS X Leopard. I'm starting to use Amazon S3 for backups, and rather than having a single big disk image for my photos, which would equate to 4.3GB, I would prefer to have single multiple folders to upload, and then be able to download/upload disk images as needed. I could then use then use the same process for my work related backups. Is there anyway to automate this process, or any utility which will take a folder and automatically turn it into a disk image of the same size?
posted by spyke23 on Sep 26, 2008 - 1 answer

Why can't I pick up and drag my Mac's desktop folders smoothly? Often they don't move at all, or they snap back as if on rubber bands when I move and drop them. [more inside]
posted by bad grammar on Sep 8, 2008 - 4 answers

Obscure Mac geekery filter... On OS X Leopard, how can I get a reference to the current location of an Automator workflow/app in a shell script within that workflow? [more inside]
posted by Xuff on Sep 3, 2008 - 3 answers

How do I hide folders in OS X that other programs need regular access to? [more inside]
posted by mikespez on Jun 18, 2008 - 4 answers

Mix folders and files alphabetically in XP Details view? I don't want them sorted by name showing folder-names separate from file-names. Mixed was always the default Mac way, which I still crave. After years on XP I still haven't found a way. I've tried various 3rd party multi-pane file managers and did find one to do that, but it costs too much. Also, another freeware manager but it's only single-pane. I want either a simple regedit or a freeware multi-pane manager.
posted by Grand Wahzoo on Mar 19, 2008 - 8 answers

How to burn Mp3 random mixes (not entire albums) into several folders on Macintosh for easy navigation in my car cd player...I used to be able to make mp3 discs of whatever songs i wanted and then place them into folders on my desktop, then burn them to disc. It seems that Itunes only allows some form of folder separation (if any at all) by sorting things only by each group's album. This is not helpful if you want several folders with random songs in each folder...for example...I want one folder with songs by rock groups..another that is jazz...whatever. On the new imac, it does not seem to let me take the drag and dropped mp3s in folders on my desktop to a burn disc icon as it did in my older G4. Any suggestions on software or a simpler way around this? I appreciate your input. When it did work, it worked great and saved me from using a crummy fm transmitter on my ipod. The mp3 cds for me sound much better and are easily disposable if left in car.
posted by snap_dragon on Mar 12, 2008 - 11 answers

Is there an easy way to resort my iTunes folder back into by albums, instead of by artists? [more inside]
posted by criticalbill on Dec 18, 2007 - 5 answers

Thunderbird Help -- I have no idea how it happened but all of my folders and emails have disappeared. [more inside]
posted by thekorruptor on Dec 17, 2007 - 12 answers

Scriptfilter: I want a list of filenames dumped into text file and put somewhere. How!? [more inside]
posted by InsanePenguin on Dec 1, 2007 - 10 answers

Mac OS X filter: In terminal, if I go to / and ls, I see a bunch of folders that are hidden in Finder, for example /etc, /private, /sbin, and so on. How do I add a folder to that list? [more inside]
posted by jon4009 on Oct 24, 2007 - 8 answers

Indulge me for a moment: seemingly stupid Windows XP-based problem... All of a sudden, every time I go to open a document or save something in all my Office programs and even in Firefox, the folder contents in the "Save As" or "Open" window display backwards. As in, reverse alphabetical order, with subfolders at the end. I can't believe something like this has bested me. What the hell is going on and how do I fix it?
posted by freudenschade on Jul 3, 2007 - 5 answers

I just bought a MacBook Pro after my dead Toshiba. Interesting. Different. I installed Firefox and moved my bookmarks from my XP computer. But now they're all screwed up on the Mac! They had been ordered alphabetically with the folders full of links on top, but now the folders are on the bottom (having ordered them alphabetically on the Mac). XP keeps folders together and Mac doesn't, it seems (this seems also to be the case in the "Finder"). Let me know if I'm missing something.... Please float my folders....
posted by rumbles on Mar 26, 2007 - 8 answers

Do you let iTunes keep your music folder organized? [more inside]
posted by sjuhawk31 on Mar 10, 2007 - 34 answers

Windows XP - My "Application Data" folder is still hidden even with the correct folder settings... [more inside]
posted by ssmug on Jan 15, 2007 - 12 answers

After an automatic update, Thunderbird won't recognize newly created folders. Why, oh, why? [more inside]
posted by Jaybo on Dec 28, 2006 - 3 answers

I've messed up Windows "open folder" behaviour. Help! [more inside]
posted by bering on Oct 23, 2006 - 4 answers

I used to have a little software application that would assess my hard drive and display a colorful pie graph of folders and subfolders, so that it was very easy to visually determine the location of the file bulk. Does anyone remember what I'm talking about? Bonus points for freeware.
posted by abbyladybug on Aug 25, 2006 - 14 answers

How to organise very messy folders of digital photos? [more inside]
posted by Lotto on Aug 20, 2006 - 10 answers

Getting manila folders in France? [more inside]
posted by paul! on Apr 24, 2006 - 8 answers

How can I move Windows folders without messing up my system config? [more inside]
posted by Knigel on Apr 21, 2006 - 16 answers

I need to move many files in different subfolders to one folder, thousands of images to be precise. [more inside]
posted by fondle on Apr 1, 2006 - 7 answers

What is the best software program for encrypting certain folders on an external hard drive. [more inside]
posted by turbanhead on Mar 31, 2006 - 12 answers

What labels do you use in Gmail? I feel like I have too many labels for my Gmail account and there is too much overlap between them. What are the best sets of labels? [more inside]
posted by pithy comment on Mar 1, 2006 - 13 answers

I need to move thousands of files (01_preview.jpg, 02_preview.jpg, 03_preview.jpg, etc.) into matching (pre-existing) folders whose names are basically the same as the filenames (folder names are 01, 02, 03, etc.) I'm on a Windows box. Is this a good job for a .BAT file? Can you help me write such a .BAT file? (Online tutorials for batch files have not helped me so far.) [more inside]
posted by chr1sb0y on Feb 6, 2006 - 15 answers

Which folding bike should I get? Are Bromptons worth it? [more inside]
posted by handee on Jan 16, 2006 - 13 answers

ACDSee has taken over my Windows folders! Or: how to change the program associated with opening folders? [more inside]
posted by Harry on Jan 12, 2006 - 8 answers

Is there a way in Windows XP Pro where I can set up a folder to automatically export the data that Ive put into it, when it reaches a certain size? [more inside]
posted by djstig on Nov 20, 2005 - 4 answers

Every time I try to open a folder, it opens the windows search "application" instead. [more inside]
posted by AmericnJewl on Nov 5, 2005 - 4 answers

There a stupid bug in Win XP, which means that it forgets how you have a folder formatted to look. Apparently it can only remember 50 or so folders, so if you change 51 folders, the first folder you changed gets reset. And so on. Anyone know a way around this, as it's driving me mad..
posted by ascullion on Oct 23, 2005 - 9 answers

Is there an easy way to create a text file of all of the folders I have in a directory? [more inside]
posted by graventy on Aug 20, 2005 - 12 answers

How do I get my XP folder windows to stop opening in their own window? I'm aware of the "open in new window" option in Control Panel > Folder Options and that's not it. [more inside]
posted by miniape on Jun 26, 2005 - 8 answers

On Windows XP Pro, when I enable "Show common tasks in folders" under folder options, Windows Explorer will sometimes crash when I open a folder. [M.I.] [more inside]
posted by signal on Mar 15, 2004 - 6 answers

Eudora has been my email client since, oh, 1994. I now have several hundred megabytes of mail. It's disappointing that Eudora doesn't have an "archiving" feature like Outlook. Does anyone know of a utility that's up to the task? Doing with manually with over 35 folders is painful.
posted by madman on Mar 4, 2004 - 5 answers

XP folder permissions problem. [more inside] [more inside]
posted by signal on Feb 4, 2004 - 2 answers