Questions tagged [file-management]
Software to manage files stored on device(s), network(s), and/or in the cloud.
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Windows Explorer alternative that can sort by anything without separating files and folders
In Windows Explorer, sorting by anything (e.g. name, date modified, etc.) separates files and folders into two groups. Natively, it's impossible to prevent that.
I'm looking for some alternative that ...
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Most Comprehensive (Free or Paid) Full-Text Indexing Tools for Windows and Linux Desktop
Free is good, but I am willing to pay consumer prices (~$40) for a full-text search tool that does a thorough job with many filters.
When I say "full-text," I don't mean Everything or other ...
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Is there a backup software that emulates Windows 10 File History?
I'm not finding any software that emulates the File History of Windows 10.
I have 10 folders, with many subfolders and evermore files in it. Some files change frequently, some infrequently. I need to ...
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MS-DOS command/file manager to show file size in MB instead of bytes
The DIR command, and many MS-DOS file managers I've tried show all file sizes in bytes only:
Even the Windows 3.1 file manager only shows bytes.
I'm looking for something that will show file sizes in ...
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Method or application for updating files and/or applications on many remote computers?
I have several Windows 10 and Windows 7 machines that are operating remotely. Sometimes, certain files or executables need to be updated. This would involve the following.
Close running program.
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Video software that can delete or rename while watching
i need to go through 20 hours of video that are split up into around 5 minutes each and was hoping someone can help me find software that can view these videos and while viewing to be able to delete ...
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Software for opening large files (.txt .log files)
I am trying to open large files such as .log or .txt or even source files(range from 40 MB to 5 GB or even more) without loading everthing into ram.
Something what can read and edit large file byte by ...
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File explorer for Windows that allows quick switching between alphabetical and numerical sort modes
Windows Explorer requires group policy or registry editing to change it, which is a hassle.
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Sorting images (so they are viewable in windows' file explorer) by content similarity
I've been able to find a lot of similar questions, most on photos stackexchange, but I couldn't find any satisfactory answers.
What I AM looking for:
Sort/Rename images based on the similarity of the ...
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Web application to receive anonymous pdf submissions from students
On an online exam, the teacher likes to receive the students' submissions (pdf document) anonymously without knowing their emails and names. In that case, I tried making a Google form that will ...
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Integrated Windows 10 Explorer and Shell replacement
What are some Windows Explorer replacements like Dopus or Total Commander that also completely replace Windows Shell, so the Windows Explorer isn't used anywhere at all?
For instance, if you ever ...
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totalcmd like file manager which will show found files in one of panels
I'm looking for totalcmd like file manager (2 panels) which will show found files (totalcmd alt+F7) in one of panels so I can copy/move them to another panel. It would be fine if found files will be ...
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Looking for some image management that allows applying tags via voice recognition
I want an image to be displayed/selected, I want to speak keywords, and then have them applied to the image. That's pretty much it.
The more I can automate it via Speaking, the better. Being able to ...
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Android file manager similar to Solid explorer
I'm looking for a file manager with the following requirements:
Dark theme
Multiple tabs/panes
Multimedia support - built in image viewer at least. Thumbnail generation too.
SMB support
Bookmarks
Per-...
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Looking for a Windows file manager with photo, pdf, epub and docx preview
Is there a Windows XP or Windows 7 file manager with the ability to preview jpg, pdf, rtf, doc, docx and epub files (without launching another program)?
I am using XYplorer Free v5.555, but though it ...
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Tracking filesystem changes / keeping a history of file meta info (Windows)
I am looking for a software which can keep track of the history of files (filenames, file sizes, optionally hashes; I don't care about actual content changes itself) on local (NTFS) drives. Monitoring ...
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Move files to one folder per filetype
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I have a collection of many different backups over the years in 3 different hard drive and a myriad of folders in each (100s). Some of them are many multiple incremental backups. A few ...
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Alternatives to windows file explorer
What are the good alternatives to the default File Explorer that Windows provides?
The default File Explorer lacks many good features like
Tabbed browsing
Searching of files is horrible
Any extra ...
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Error 0x8007000D - edit file metadata of a mp4 music file
I am searching for a program that allows me to edit the file details of a mp4 music file.
Here is an image of the error message and the current details of the media file;
Through the property window ...
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Portable duplicate file finder for Windows that makes it easy to add/remove folders to search
I am seeking recommendations for a duplicate file finder for Windows with the following features:
Portable (no writing to registry or outside of its own folder)
Easy to add/remove folders and ...
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Run program/store data online (python)
First of all, keep in mind that I'm a total newbie, I've been doing this for a week or so.
I've made a simple ID generator for a project. To avoid duplicate IDs, all generated IDs are stored to a .txt ...
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Is there a program to scan and correct names of many files and avoid errors and failure during copying?
It seems that the problem reported in this question about Mac and Windows not being able to access some files and folders created in Linux is due to bad characters hidden somehow in their names (I ...
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Freenas ( or some other) for Asus NAS M25
I just got my self a Asus M25 nas system and I'm wondering is it possible to install some other system to it? I have searched some examples and so far with no luck. Any good ideas?
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Folder Tree Program for Windows
I'm looking for software that displays the folder tree of a specific folder in Windows almost like the Folder Pane in File Explorer.
Customization. I personally want to display the folder tree of my ...
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Any Windows file explorer which enables custom file order?
Could you please recommend any file explorer software for Windows which allows user to modify order of each file manually? For example, drag a file to the position between two other files, or to the ...
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How do I build a NAS/Cloud Storage network served from two or more synchronized servers?
Standard problem: ~60 TB of data I would like to access from multiple devices (Android, Linux, maybe Web) outside of my apartment. The bottleneck: a local ISP which can give me no better than 5 Mbps ...
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Is there any revision document conserve software recommend?
Is there any revision document conserve software recommend?
My requirement:
I have a text file, it changes frequently by several admins, I want every change should have a content commit for brief ...
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Portable RAM disk for Windows (gratis)
I am searching for a RAM disk program for Windows.
The requirements are quite minimal, but after much searching, I feel like I am looking for a unicorn.
Here are the only requirements:
Portable
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Utility to change password of ZIP compressed & encyrpted files
Please recommend a gratis Windows tool that will allow me to change the password of existing ZIP compressed archive files.
I don't need a "cracking" tool. I know the existing password. I ...
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Distributed FS for storing data in the single "master" node and duplicating that data, which is used on "worker" nodes
I am looking for a DFS for unified data access and caching used files within a small cluster.
We are currently using NFS to RAID node, and it seems not the best way to further scaling. So, I am ...
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Solutions to manage a list of files for archiving
There is a need to selectively archive files and folders from a volume.
For such purpose there is usually a command line option in archivers that can be used to supply a text file listing of files to ...
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Deleting empty directories
I never thought I'm gonna need such a program and always wondered how one can come into a situation where he has many empty folders and wants to delete them. Now, I'm in that situation: I have ...
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How to get "redundancy" on a file system - but _not_ via RAID techniques? [closed]
Consider a read-only filesystem - or, better, part of a filesystem: a directory tree. How can I get redundancy for that without going to full RAID techniques (mirroring or otherwise)?
As an example ...
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Renaming pictures to the value in the "Date" field of Windows 10 Explorer
I'd like to rename pictures to the value in the "Date" field of Windows 10 Explorer. The pictures I want to rename have no exif, and useless dates on Date Modified, Date Accessed and Date ...
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Android file explorer to open any file in any app
What free file explorers for Android allow to open any file extension in any app?
(Ideally, there should also be a widget to go to a specific folder, or it should be able to always start in a specific ...
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Deduplication script that runs with both bash and zsh for Linux, macOS, etc?
I have a scenario where we frequently pull in duplicated files that take up a lot of space. There's no reasonable way to stop the intake of these duplicated files due to their irregularity and the ...
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Windows 10 - desktop files dock
I'm looking for an app that can create something that will always show all of my desktop files in the top right corner.
It's for that situation where you save some file to your desktop but need to ...
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Is there an app to sync two android devices over Bluetooth ? (like Syncthing or Resillo, but over Bluetooth)
Is there an app that can sync folders and files in two android devices ?
The devices are physically nearby, but not connected to the same Wi-Fi network. They are connected to the internet using their ...
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Software to handle copying files from unreliable external HDD
The software does not NEED to be exactly for that purpose. But basically the issue is that I'm trying to copy files from an old external HDD that fell hard on the ground at least three times. I was ...
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File Manager that can restore tabs Ubuntu
Can you suggest some popular file managers for ubuntu 18.04 which can restore opened tabs after closing and opening the application. It should retain the tabs across restart as well.
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Windows file managers that can display file sizes with binary prefixes
Please recommend Windows file managers that can display file sizes with binary prefixes, and that display files smaller than 1KiB as bytes.
For example, the binary prefix would change the display from ...
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Offline wireless data transfer
Requirements: File transfer (images/videos) from a PC/Mac to Mobile devices (android and iOS) with NO INTERNET AND DATA services.
I looked into Airdrop for IOS however the challenges is it's only for ...
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Good Asset Management or File Tagging software recommendations?
I have been collecting all kinds of free and paid game assets for years now, everything from sound FX to art to system scripts to tools etc. Problem is it's basically impossible to find anything ...
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CLI library manager for Linux
I use Arch Linux.
I'm looking for something similar to vifm and ncmpcpp to manage my library of books and videos. I like the CLIs with vim bindings.
Must have
CLI. I don't want a GUI.
Customizable ...
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Sort images quickly / image tagging
I need to sort thousands of images quickly into two categories (good and bad). I know that in Picasa one can speed through images fastly and hit "space" to tag an image as "favourite".
Are there ...
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check if folder is completely copied
I have a number of folders that may contain duplicated content one of which will be the destination folder. I would like a commandline app to tell me which folders are safe to delete as there is a ...
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File Versioning on C: in Windows 10
In Windows 7 there was a file history feature, where Windows would save multiple versions of files. It could be done locally on C: drive itself. Meaning, you didn't need to have a separate partition ...
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Universal file viewer for many files
Looking for an application that can display many files at once of varying file types. Ideally there'd be a stellar grid view of previews so users could quickly scan through them - flagging a few or ...
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Management software to organize ISO Images
I am searching for management software to organize ISO images, like Calibre for E-Books.
Information:
Manufacturer
Version
Manufacturer's website
Optional functions:
Web server for external ...
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File-system browser for JavaFX
I am looking for an implementation of a control in modern JavaFX (OpenJFX) version 14 or later to display the contents of a folder from the file system of the host computer.
I have learned how to ...
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