Questions tagged [file-management]
software to manage the files stored on your device(s) and/or on the network / in the cloud.
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Open source photo tag editing/searching that can save the photo tags directly into the files?
I've been on the lookout for an app filling these requirements for quite a while, so I figure I will just write my list all in one place.
Hard requirements:
Open source and actively developed
Allows ...
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Organization Website/s on where to put code - recommendations
I am looking for a more structured (free) way to organize code notes and snippets so they're easy to keep track of. Google docs isn't cutting it! Any recommendations?
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Virtual Share not linked to computer
Decommissioning servers is always a headache with shares having to be transferred and modifying scripts and mapping to reflect the new server. I was wondering if there could be a way to have a virtual ...
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Android file explorer to view files from a virtual server
I am looking for an Android app, or an option I might have overlooked which allows me to browse the files on my server. I think the usage boils down to something along the lines of: I fill in LDAP ...
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sftp/scp-conditional get for new files?
Is there an SFTP or SCP server that offers a (non-standard) get\file open option for getting a new file (name known in advance) as quickly as possible (<5ms) after it becomes available without SFTP/...
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Program to read shortcut (.lnk) files and modify its properties
I would like a GUI program capable to open/read a shortcut file and modify all of its properties, with total ease (like for example showing the original values in a editable textbox, and a button to ...
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Document manager
I'm looking for a powerful document manager application. Example applications are: Macjournal or DevonThink but they're available for Mac OS only.
I've a Linux Elementary Juno installed.
The features ...
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Local rsync repository uid gid [on hold]
I have rsyncd server.
I can download and upload via rsync (rsync://...). It keep premisions and UID/GID all is nice.
But localy, on server, files have nobody/nogroup ownership, premisions and date ...
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Photo file browser electron
can someone help with this?
We need a development for a customer project:
Customer goes to an instore touch screen kiosk (no keyboard, no mouse) and sees this application: https://www.mycspkiosk.com/...
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Software to sort large number of RECOVERED FILES into folders one by one
I am looking for software - to sort files one by one
on WINDOWS
my hard was formatted by accident
so when i did recovery - all i got is image001 , image002 ... and so on
it is very hard to open ...
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What windows software should I use to organise a large video content library?
I'm working on a project creating educational video content.
Eventually the content will be uploaded to an online course platform.
Before then, I would like to create a library I can share with 3-5 ...
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Serving content over a period of time
I'm looking for a library/software that will serve files in a data usage limit environment, where it'll pause a download if a client exceeds its data usage limit and allow it to continue only after a ...
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Dock-style app to replace DragThing
This is, essentially, a Dock replacer on steroids - dating back to before the Dock even existed.
I've been using DragThing since v1.0 in the mid 1990's so it's fair to say I'm rather used to it & ...
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Best file shredding/Recovery
Trying to make some files I had in a VM unrecoverable, I ran CCleaner in the VM and deleted everything I can from the inside, deleted the VM. And then I found out OneDrive had them, deleted it from ...
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Tool to install multiple (own written) Programms
im currently an intern company and im looking for a specific programm but i cant find anything that is capable of our needs.
We need Software that starts a batch, installs two(or more) programms and ...
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Software to make tree output humanly readable/browsable?
For backup purposes I run such tree commands:
tree /f /a > tree.txt
tree /a > treewof.txt
It looks like this in the textfile (this is treewof, without file names, just folder names).
| +---...
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Robust and non-finicky Android SFTP (and maybe FTP) server
I want to be able to browse and copy files to and from my Android-based phone (RedMi 3S, Android 6.0.1), over a WiFi network.
I've tried a couple of apps already: "Primitive FTPd" and "HTTPS / FTPS / ...
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What application for storing data based on metadata, and retrieve it via metadata search?
In our institution we have a large database of observational data consisting in precipitation, temperature, elevation and a large number of other variables, coming from different projects and in ...
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Image tagging software that can sort the tagged images into folders
I need (preferably gratis) software (for Windows or Linux) to manually tag and sort images, and arrange the images into folders and subfolders.
When it's all said and done, the file structure should ...
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Sort tall images into one folder, wide into another
I have a large image collection on my full windows 10 tablet.
I start with hundreds of images
Some of them are taller than wide -> I want them to go in one folder
Some of them are wilder than tall -> ...
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File manager for Linux that organizes files on a mind map structure?
I'm looking for a file manager that allows me to visualize the local files from my computer on a mind map structure. The idea of the map would be something like this:
This GIF is from a beta ...
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Catalog and tag files from offline sources and show them as a drive
I have 2 or 3 sources where I store my files. My laptop, a flash disk, a portable drive or a network NAS.
What I would like to do, is:
to catalog all of them and create a virtual file system and see ...
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Project Management Tools Capable of Assisting with Local File Management
Required Features (in order of importance)
1) Looking for project management applications that are capable of linking to files stored on a local server. Users would be able to view a project on a ...
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Duplicate folder finder
Anyone know a free duplicate finder app for Windows that will find duplicate folders? I want to be able to select a drive and it will return all folders on this drive that are duplicates based on the ...
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Sheduled folder reading scripts (PHP/Node.js)
I have a project in my mind and since I´m not that experienced with backend, I would like to ask if there is any danger/impossibility/performance weakness in either PHP or nodeJs for this kind of ...
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File system cleaner and registry cleaner for Windows 7
Please recommend software to replace CCleaner for Windows 7.
Here is the only functionality from CCleaner required (it's fine if your recommendations do more):
File system cleaner
Remove temporary ...
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Software to lock files when open to prevent edit conflicts
I'm looking for a third party Windows tool that can automatically create a lock file when it is opened by someone.
I am experimenting with files such as plain text, AutoCAD and Photoshop stored on ...
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What is the alternative of shared drive?
There is a MS windows server, where files are kept and accessed in shared drive manner. Type of the files includes MS Word (.doc,.docx), MS excel(.xls, .xlsx), images (.jpeg), text files(.txt) and PDF....
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Graphical file manager with VIM keybindings
To sort fotos quickly I like to drag 'n' drop them in a graphical file manager (currently Thunar) with previews.
I'd like to have a file manager with previews/thumbnails and a vim-like interface. Vim-...
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A file browser for Windows that lets you rate files?
Is there a file browser for Windows that lets you rate files, ideally directly inline, by hovering over the rating?
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Recommendations for project files/document storage tools (not source code and no videos)
I am looking at various options for project file/document management tools (not source code and no videos). My requirements being:
Upload/download documents in the folder structure
Share Documents
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Fixing corrupted jpgs that still looks ok visually
So like many people lots of my jpg photos had not been properly backed up with parity bits and all my backup copies had become corrupted due to "silent data corruption".
I scanned my drive using the ...
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Drag and drop buffer utility to collect several items then give them to you to drop onto a target
This monkey patching solution would speed up many workflows.
Say I'm browsing a folder structure in Windows Explorer, selecting things to upload to the browser. The web app doesn't know how to queue ...
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Open source Windows file explorer that supports long paths (over 260 characters)
Windows 10 can support long paths after flipping a bit in the registry.
Unfortunately, developers have to make their programs long-paths-aware, and Explorer++ is not long-paths-aware (2016 issue).
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Free lightweight App/software to transfer files between android and PC
Im looking for a free App to transfer files between android and PC.
Requirements:
FREE: By free I mean completely free to use for lifetime with all features enabled (if not all features, at least ...
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Android tools for unzipping corrupt zip files
I had searched for some tools that can unzip files from a large corrupt zip file on android.
I couldn't, so now I learned how to use ZipInputStream in java.
Now I want to share the fruit of my tiny ...
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Find files which do not have a given extension, sort by size and move some
I finally found something that Total Commander can't do!
As the title says, I want to :
search a Windows partition to find all files that do not have a given extension
sort them by file size
move ...
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Gratis Windows tool to queue disk operations
I am reorganizing my servers drives, while at the same time restoring my old laptop's backups to a new laptop.
I have about a dozen copies of Total Commander running, moving, copying, deleting ...
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What app is locking a given file or directory? (Windows with no right to install software)
At home, I would use the excellent LockHunter, but I am work and not allowed to install software, and LockHunter does not seem to have a portable version (feel free to correct me, as that would be the ...
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Software for shared, searchable document dump (local hosting)
Is there any opensource / free software for dumping files that can be shared with others and searched (eg. by filename or text content). Can be something like a locally hosted google drive (or like a ...
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Virtualbox, containers and the optimal solution environment for data science
I am trying to figure out the best combination for the following day to day activities.
I am a fresh graduate and I just started playing around with programming and learning about different virtual ...
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Windows file manager with spider/map view
Something that looks like this
That's from NexusFile, although it only allows you to view your folders like that, not manage them.
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Batch splitting large files into smaller files
I am looking for a program for Microsoft Windows or Ubuntu that can take as input a folder and splitting in any file larger than some file size threshold into smaller files. I don't want to have to ...
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I'm looking for a photo management software that works on Android & Windows
I have tried Plex & Google Photos but neither meets all my requirements:
I want to be able to put photos in multiple albums at once
Face recognition & sorting is a plus point, but I want to ...
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Program to organize sewing patterns
I am searching for an application that helps me to organize my sewing patterns (mostly pdf). For each file I want to
assign some tags
assign one (or more pictures). One specific picture
should ...
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Bulk File Editing
I am looking for a program that searches all the files in a folder and changes the matching words.
It would be better if it contained Regex.
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Program that archives and manages not needed files
What I am looking for is a program that can archive old, "not needed anymore", "don't know where to put it" files. Something like the trash folder (well not exactly) but not for deletion, instead for ...
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Nemo-like file manager for Windows 8.1/10?
I've been using Linux (Mint) for a while, and really like the overall look of the Nemo file manager. Is there a similar replacement for Windows 8.1? Preferably freeware.
The main features I want are ...
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Delete every directory in the tree which contains a file with a given extension
I am looking for a gratis Windows 10 app, which can recurse a directory tree. If it finds a file with a given extension in any sub-directory, it should delete the entire sub-directory.
Easy enough to ...
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Android app to record video to network storage
For a long-term project, I'd like to set up a phone glued to a window, connected to power and record the sky all day every day for the next month. Ideally, I'd like it to be fully automated.
What I ...
