FileSort 1.1.1
Do you have a folder on your computer with thousands and thousands of random files in it?
I do.
I have a folder called “Inbox” on my computer, where I put all the files I download from the Internet and all the files I get from LAN Parties. Pictures, MP3s, Movies and that sort of thing.
It’s a big job sorting that folder.
To make the job easier, I have created FileSort.
FileSort is a FREE program helps you organise a messy folder.
Example Usage
Once you tell FileSort what folder you want to organise, you simply create a series of sorting rules kinda like these:
Move *.jpg to C:\Pictures Move *holiday* to C:\Holiday Move *.mp3 to C:\MP3 Move files that are 30 or more days old to C:\30DaysOld Move files that are 7 or more days old to C:\1WeekOld Move files that are more than 100Mb in size to C:\Over100Mb
Each rule is executed in order, and in no time, your folder is tidy.
You can even set FileSort to run every so often, so your folder is always tidy.
Screenshot
Download FileSort
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD FILESORT
Before you can run FileSort, you’ll need the .NET Framework Version 2.0 installed. Once you have that you can download FileSort here. There are still a few bugs, so, if you find one, let me know. Oh, if you were wondering, FileSort saves it’s settings here: C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Marcus Wynwood\FileSort
Awards and Reviews
October 27th, 2005 at 11:44 am
Have you though about combining dupliFinder & FileSort?
What an excellent program that would be!
You could make it move the duplicate files to a different folder or something.
November 11th, 2005 at 8:41 am
hi,
there is a problem with your link settings.xml
November 11th, 2005 at 8:53 am
If you’re having trouble, try right clicking on the link and go “Save As…” It should work find then
November 15th, 2005 at 5:32 am
I need to sort my Document files so I came on line to find a program that would help. I downloaded both yours and the required framwork 2. I put in new rules using words from titles of Documents. The documents now have a KEY icon representing Access I think, on their thumbnail view, but the docs aren’t moved into the file folders I designated on the directory in the rule for each. What happened and how can I make it work? I am writing a book and have so many topic research data in MS WORD. I need this to work!!!!
Thanks for at least having a program that ‘does’ exactly what I needed!!
Cleora Guile
November 19th, 2005 at 10:43 am
Is there a way to add multiple file types
I have tried all the simple one (spaces, commas, colons, semi-colon).
Could we also have sort by date? (created date) If possible?
Cheers for a simple program that sorts out files.
November 19th, 2005 at 11:24 am
@echo off
echo off
rem Congratulations, you’ve just written a not-too-complex batch file.
rem Mine took all of 5 minutes? And these comments took longer than the code.
rem s’ok, you’ve got a _much_ prettier front-end than I do.
rem And after all, today it’s all form over function.
rem cmb 20051118 v0.0 initial write
if “%1″ == “/?” goto usage
if “%1″ == “-?” goto usage
rem we must have a source directory — fake it if not.
if “%1″ == “” %0 \tmp
rem %1 is source directory
rem %2 could be target direcory \ - watch for recursion problems with target
rem %3 could be filespec (*.mp3) - detect and abort if *.*
c:
mkdir \pics \holiday \mp3
cd %1
for /r %%a in (*.jpg) do move “%%a” \pics
for /r %%a in (*holiday*) do move “%%a” \holiday
for /r %%a in (*.mp3) do move “%%a” \mp3
goto exit
:usage
echo Usage: %0 [{dir}]
echo.
echo {dir} is optional top of subtree
echo.
echo This command moves all JPGs to \jpg, *holiday* to \holiday, MP3s to \mp3
echo Edit to suit.
goto exit
:exit
November 20th, 2005 at 9:22 pm
umm thanks…FileSort actually started life is a basic batch file like that. It was a little nicer than that code, but you’ve got the idea. Well done. If you’re interested, you can check out the script that dupliFinder was based on here: dupliFinder Script.
Keep it up.
November 20th, 2005 at 9:28 pm
Thanks for your useful comment SY! The only way to add multiple file types at the moment is to create a rule for each one. Here is an example:
Move *.jpg to C:\Pictures
Move *.bmp to C:\Pictures
Move *.png to C:\Pictures
etc…
This will move all pictures to C:\Pictures
There is an example of this in the sample file: Settings.xml
As for “Sort By Date” - I was actually planning that for the next version
Thanks for your support, and I’m glad you liked FileSort!
November 21st, 2005 at 8:40 am
Placing files where they should go
I just came across this awesome program called FileSort. You setup rules telling it what to do with files that are named a certain way. So you can have all of your ‘*.jpg’ files go to your ‘My Documents/Images’ folder and your ‘*.pdf’ files go…
November 25th, 2005 at 4:59 pm
I got my FileSort Mug in the mail today
The coffee tastes so much better. Oh, and I’m half way through adding sort-by-date functions…
November 30th, 2005 at 5:20 pm
Version 1.1 is out!
Be careful of what rules you use - the order is very important!
Bug: Re-ordering the columns doen’t change the order of execution.
Let me know how you go…
December 1st, 2005 at 7:24 am
WOW! Implemented in 9 days!!!
You deserve some beers!
December 21st, 2005 at 2:45 pm
FileSort has been downloaded 2193 times since it came out in October 2005!
That works out to be about 34 times a day!
Thanks everyone
January 4th, 2006 at 7:02 am
Hi,
i tried your program to flatten a directory structure and put all files from a number of sub-folders back on a higher level. but your program doesn’t pick up all recursive folders when doing a sort, in my case only the first and last of 27 sub-folders, so all in all, it’s useless for my purpose.
thanks, ronald
January 4th, 2006 at 1:49 pm
That’s strange. You’d better submit a bug report with Microsoft, because FileSort simply uses Directory.GetFiles(path) and Directory.GetDirectories(path) to create a listing of each and every file in every subdir in a given path. I’ve tested it (I’m sure MS have too) and I’ve had no worries. Let me know how you go, and thanks for the info
January 17th, 2006 at 2:43 am
How can you get filesort to not show view log after each time it automatically sorts. They pile up after a while.
Thanks.
cdm9110@msn.com
January 17th, 2006 at 10:05 am
G’day Chris - good idea - I’ll fix it for the next version
January 30th, 2006 at 2:25 am
Hi Marcus,
I have tried the recursive and for me it dont work either! :(( I am sure this worked in a previous version of filesort?
Please please please try and fix it.! Cheers
May 10th, 2006 at 8:23 pm
I have just uploaded FileSort Version 1.1.1!
Along with a couple of other really tiny changes, I have made it so that it no longer asks if you want to see the log file every time you sort! I can’t re-create the ‘recursive error’ some people are having, so I haven’t fixed that (yet). I’ll try and get that fixed for Version 1.2
Thanks for using FileSort everyone!
May 19th, 2006 at 10:21 am
Marcus,
Could you add the ability to move files that are LESS than xx MB?
Also, the ability to specify KB in addition to MB.
A good utility as is, destined to be great!
May 25th, 2006 at 5:18 am
Marcus,
Is there a way that I can use file sort to place the same types of files in a different folder depending on what time of day it is when the sort is run.
ex.
If it is 12 am I want to:
Move *.jpg to c:\12am
However the next time I run it I want it to move the same type of file to a different location:
Move *.jpg to c:\1am
This would allow for easily searching through a directory structure based on time and date.
Thanks
June 7th, 2006 at 6:35 pm
Hi,
Seems to work except the Recursive button doesn’t have any effect i.e. none of the rules are being applied to subdirectories.
June 8th, 2006 at 11:06 pm
Sorry about that - I’ll fix it when I get some spare time
June 9th, 2006 at 4:46 pm
the executable does not run and gives an error.
it seems to have a bug somewhere.
June 10th, 2006 at 12:34 pm
Before you can run FileSort, you’ll need the .NET Framework Version 2.0 installed.
July 17th, 2006 at 1:07 pm
Marcus, upon ticking the checkbox for the recursive setting, a popup is displayed saying that a recursive sort is dangerous. Is there any reason why you’ve said this? Aside from taking a bit more CPU power (and possibly a crash on much older systems) nothing should be worried about, I’m guessing. If there’s something I’m overlooking that you can fill me in on that’d be nice.
Thanks for the wonderful application~
July 17th, 2006 at 1:31 pm
Hi, The reason for the warning is because if a destination folder lives inside your base folder it could go on for ever. Set up some test folders on your computer and have a fiddle to work out how it works - I don’t want people accidentally deleting files! Thanks
July 17th, 2006 at 5:51 pm
Hi!
i just find your software today
i download lots of anime in one or two different directory,
for example c:\eMule Download and c:\Bitorrent Download
i want to sort thoses 2 directory….
and i want to sort with more filters than *.jpg , *.avi , *.mkv…
for example if i download “[shinshen]blood+ 02.avi” and “blood+ c01.zip”
i want to put thoses 2 files in 2 different directory
so the rules for that is:
rule1: blood and *.avi -> directory1
rule2: blood and *.zip -> directory2
so can u code that in your software please?
THX
July 18th, 2006 at 9:57 pm
Thanks for the heads up, Marcus. I see what you mean by the loop.
July 19th, 2006 at 7:10 am
Sorry i just found that we can put more word in name filter like “*shinsen*blood*.avi”
with that i can put all Blood+ releases of Shinshen in one directory
but can we sort more than one folder?
THX!
July 21st, 2006 at 9:16 am
hi,
i hope you have an idea to help with my problem.
short version: 10000 pix in one folder
i search a possibility to move every file with the same x characters on beginn of filename in the same directory named [x characters] (x a number)
Example:
Files:
pic0001.jpg
pic0002.jpg
pic0003.jpg
pic0004.jpg
xxx0001.jpg
xxx0002.jpg
xxx0003.jpg
xxx0004.jpg
If I say 3 chars it should create 2 folders (pic and ***) and move pic*.* to pic and ****.* to ***
I hope you could help me.
July 25th, 2006 at 11:10 pm
Recurse does not work for me either. Very sad after having to load all that Net garbage.
The only way you will get a beer from me is if you call in next time down south and fix it. (It will probably be Cascade.)
July 26th, 2006 at 7:29 pm
Yeah, I know there is bugs
I’ll get around to fixing them when I get the time. Thanks everyone for using it though 
August 2nd, 2006 at 11:52 am
Thanks for the program. Will check it out.
August 9th, 2006 at 12:01 am
Would you please send me a good link to download filesort1 as the link on this page( http://mwynwood.com/blog/?p=231) asks for password !!!
Regards
R.Rustum
August 9th, 2006 at 10:20 am
Just go here: http://mwynwood.com/FileSort
And click on Download FileSort
There have never been passwords or anything - it is free!
Here is the actual file: http://mwynwood.com/FileSort/FileSort.zip
August 16th, 2006 at 4:16 am
Just downloaded Filesort (a PC MAG recommendation) but when try to run it says it needs a version of .net framework ???
I’m using XP Home Edition with SP2. The message also says that whatever is needed should be thru the application publisher!
August 16th, 2006 at 9:30 am
Hi Mike. You just need to got your hands on the .NET Framework Version 2.0 Redistributable Package. You can get it from here http://microsoft.com/netframework I’m surprised you don’t already have it.
August 16th, 2006 at 1:17 pm
Hey there.
I wrote something like filesort in Java less then a year ago, because nothing was around at the time, and I needed something EXACTLY like what filesort does. Up to this day, it still misses files and sorts weird extensions. I’m not much of a programmer, and could never be bothered sorting it out.
Now I don’t have to. Great effort Marcus. You’re a legend.
Ed.
August 17th, 2006 at 10:51 pm
He IS a legend. And he plays music like a god. He’s my hero.
August 22nd, 2006 at 3:56 am
Hi all
I’m always happy when someone makes useful (small) software utilities for free that can help your Windows life look much better! (I’m a Mac fan, sorry for that, living in a Windows world at work etc.). FileSort makes Windows more user friendly!
Nice job!
W.
August 22nd, 2006 at 10:17 pm
Dear Marcus
I have no idea why still asking for password to download Filesort
I even sent you an email on the address mwynwood@gmail.com
with attachemnt to show you the message I got. Anyhow is it possbile for you to email me the file as FILESORT.ZIP to my email
August 28th, 2006 at 2:19 am
Marcus,
Just what I needed. I download TIVO programs routinely, but the TIVO application won’t save files to my network drives. Fileort is just what I needed.
Ideas for future releases. Allow for longer wait times (i.e. 24 hours between sorts), and I’d like to set up multiple source files with automatice sorting to different destinations (i.e. different rules).
Awesome Tool!
September 14th, 2006 at 2:39 pm
Nice little prog! any way to add Command line options? maybe for use with the windows schedule. Starts Filesort, does its job, exit filesort?
(programs running when they dont need to be is one of my pet peeves
)
thanks for writing this!!
gk
September 19th, 2006 at 1:44 pm
Great app :o)
Can u add a rule to FileSort for the number of enties per sub directory.
I do a lot of dl from news groups 20k to 30k files. I am using Windows 2k. Windows does not handle directories with over 1,000 files per directory.
i.e. c:\temp -> c:\temp-1k; c:\temp\1k-2k … c:\temp\nk-n+1k
In other words: Take 1 directory of 30,000 files and make 30 directories with 1,000 files each.
Stephen
November 8th, 2006 at 3:51 pm
Good job…
thanX
November 13th, 2006 at 9:12 pm
Hi Marcus
Is there a way to send the same file to multiple directories?
I like to keep multiple back up copies of important files on physically separate locations on my LAN.
It is very generous of you to make your progy avail to all…when I find a job, I’ll send you a few rounds.
Thanks, Frank
November 13th, 2006 at 10:25 pm
Hi,
this is a really nice freeware. One thing that I think is missing is to combine rules - say, if I wanted to move all *.mp3 files that are older than 10 days.
November 18th, 2006 at 8:53 am
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November 21st, 2006 at 2:33 pm
Nice program does a great job. wonder what save settings is good for if you can’t load them later to do same sort later. I think the app is very usefull and not bloatware as many apps have gotten trying to do everything.
December 5th, 2006 at 10:35 am
Review on Ghacks.net: http://www.ghacks.net/2006/11/13/automatically-sort-files-with-filesort/
December 7th, 2006 at 6:59 pm
Hi - great program - any possiblity of adding an ignore option as part of the rule - to enable filtering out, if the wildcard * is used on a file type. ?
December 29th, 2006 at 7:52 pm
Maybe I am missing it, can we nsort more than one directory? or do we have to have all clients download into an all downloads directory and just sort 1, if so, I would like to see it sort more than 1 directory?? othjer than that its a great time savor!! oh ya , a bug , if you click on the browase button on the top bar, you get an error of course you would, because there is no field for directory input, but thought you ought to know..
Guy
February 3rd, 2007 at 10:16 pm
Awesome, man
December 20th, 2007 at 7:44 am
Is there any way to run this program automatically using windows scheduler?
Thank you.
July 2nd, 2008 at 10:46 pm
[…] Filesort is the freeware that I was looking for. Once downloaded and installed (it is only 100k) you simply pick a folder which files you want to sort and define some sorting rules. Filesort offers three different types of rules: File Name Rules, File Age Rules and File Size Rules. Click on new rule to add a new rule in one of the categories. If you wanted to move all mp3 movies you would add *.mp3 in the second tab of the new rule and enter a directory where those files should be placed instead. […]
July 26th, 2008 at 8:32 pm
Is there a way to have it rename a file if same name already exists.
October 8th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
Hi!
I would like extend my SQL capabilities.
I red so many SQL books and want to
read more about SQL for my work as oracle database manager.
What would you recommend?
Thanks,
Werutz
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A few moments later…
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January 18th, 2009 at 2:59 am
I got a few ideas that you may wish to implement into this little program =).
1. Multiple Sorting Rules:
This would allow for files >100KBs with *.jpg extensions only, for example (Of course many more options then just this)
2. Batch Execution:
FileSort.exe /SettingsFile.xml /OtherOptions
3. Run through multiple folders instead of just having one main sorting folder.
4. Keeping an array of “completed” folders:
This could help prevent the infinite loop occurring when recursive is true, or when doing multiple folders.
5. Save/Load settings:
Useful if you want to save settings somewhere.
6. Place the same file in multiple locations:
Useful is people like to backup their stuff.
Other then that though you have a great program here =). Very impressed!
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August 29th, 2009 at 2:07 pm
First of all great small proggy. Im using a batch file at the moment, but I started playing with yours as it might prove more flexible.
Feedback:
* It puts its “ini” file in “C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\Marcus Wynwood\FileSort\1.1.1.0″ … any chance of where the exe resides instead? Im sort editing it directly
* Wider wildcard usage on one line such as “[A..C]*_Cars.zip” for anything starting with A or B or C. I also in my batch have to state each letter line by line atm hence unflexible (lots of lines), if you were able to add more wildcard options, it would save on rules.
Again, cool proggy
November 26th, 2009 at 5:24 am
This program would be great… if it worked…
As many others have already commented on, recursion doesn’t work at all.
And when I press the Sort button I expect some kind of feedback, eg. “12 files sorted” or something even better as a log.
Right now it’s trial and error if I get the filters to work.
It’s just the program I’m looking for… if recursion works…
November 26th, 2009 at 5:20 pm
I’m glad that some prople have enjoyed this program and found it useful.
FileSort hasn’t been updated since late 2005, and I’m not sure I’ll be developing it any further at this stage.
Thanks for everyones support