File Management Utility

[Key Bored]

Hi All,

Using Windows Explorer, I often move hundreds of jpg image files from one
folder to another. During the move process, if Explorer finds a file with
the same name in the destination folder, it asks if I want to replace it.
However, often the files are different sizes and are actually different
images, even though they happen to have the same name.

Is there a file management program that can automatically rename the files
and move them to the new folder without overwriting the ones already in the
folder?

Thanx,
Key Bored

 

[Donald Lessau]

Using Windows Explorer, I often move hundreds of jpg image files from one
folder to another. During the move process, if Explorer finds a file with
the same name in the destination folder, it asks if I want to replace it.
However, often the files are different sizes and are actually different
images, even though they happen to have the same name.

Is there a file management program that can automatically rename the files
and move them to the new folder without overwriting the ones already in the
folder?

XYplorer (a file manager) can do this, but only one file at a time: drag the
file to the target location and from the drop-context menu select "Move/Copy
Here with Suffix Number". If "base.ext" already exists in the target, then
the copied file will be copied auto-renamed to "base-01.ext".

-> http://www.xyplorer.com

Don

 

[Roger Johansson]

XYplorer (a file manager) can do this, but only one file at a time: drag the
file to the target location and from the drop-context menu select "Move/Copy
Here with Suffix Number". If "base.ext" already exists in the target, then
the copied file will be copied auto-renamed to "base-01.ext".

This is an example of how the other file manager makers are behind the
leading file manager. It takes time for the freeware authors to realize
that this is a very useful feature. When I select hundreds or thousands
of files and move them I select "Rename copied" from the move options,
so the files that happen to have the same names as already existing
files are renamed automatically.

If I instead choose Rename target the already existing file will be
renamed.
There are other options for the move operation, like delete the older,
skip file, etc..

When move is clicked a confirm box comes up, in that box there should
be options, with sticky settings so we can see what options are off and
on and we can keep our favorite settings, and in that box is also a
path address line that can be edited.
In that box should also be a few favorite locations we can change to,
favorites and recent paths/folders.

That feature does not yet exist in any file manager. TC (nagware) is
closest, needs indications and favorites and recent paths in its move
box.

Few file managers have really working drag-n-drop move.
It should be possible to drag-n-drop files with the mouse, even move
files between different partitions, without having to confirm every
move operation, and without leaving a copy, which makes the move
operation into a copy operation.

 

[B. R. 'BeAr' Ederson]

Few file managers have really working drag-n-drop move.
It should be possible to drag-n-drop files with the mouse, even move
files between different partitions, without having to confirm every
move operation, and without leaving a copy, which makes the move
operation into a copy operation.

Always use right mouse button for drag&drop operations. Programs acting
according to the system style drag&drop operation scheme will provide
you a menu to select an action from.

I disagree with you about the need for confirmations of drag&drop
operations. I've seen people mess their whole system with a single
(unnoticed!) move operation inside Explorer. IMHO, *every* drag&drop
operation inside a file manager has to be confirmed once. Without an
option to disable that behavior.

BeAr

 

[Donald Lessau]

Few file managers have really working drag-n-drop move.
It should be possible to drag-n-drop files with the mouse, even move
files between different partitions, without having to confirm every
move operation, and without leaving a copy, which makes the move
operation into a copy operation.

This is standard Windows behavior and implemented on most file managers
AFAIK:

Force move between partitions: hold Shift while dropping.
Force copy on same partition: hold Ctrl while dropping.

Don

 

[Roger Johansson]

Always use right mouse button for drag&drop operations. Programs acting
according to the system style drag&drop operation scheme will provide
you a menu to select an action from.

Thanks, I had not observed that before, because I have used right-click
to select files for 15 years, in Norton Commander and its followers.

Maybe I will learn to select in another way, to have access to this
drag-n-drop with menu.

 

[B. R. 'BeAr' Ederson]

Thanks, I had not observed that before, because I have used right-click
to select files for 15 years, in Norton Commander and its followers.

I hardly ever use the mouse for selection. Never did so on DOS and I'm
now accustomed to key combinations. But coming to this: I scarcely do
drag&drop, either. But all who do should use the right mouse button
method, because it adds a level of certainty/security without the need
to use both - mouse *and* keyboard. ;-)

BeAr