[File Organizer] How to copy by file type?

psygn

Hi all,

I sent my question to tech support but I got a blank reply with only my ticket number; asked chat support what was up and was told that I would get a response soon as he has forwarded it to tech support, but I never did get a reply! :(

I will ask my question again to tech support later but in the meantime I will ask here in the forum as it may help others in the process. I did read the guide about the File Organizer tool here and the mini-tip in the application, but neither answered my question...

Q: How can I organize by file type using 'File Organizer' tool?

This is what I want to do:

1. Copy only MP3 files from source directory

2. Paste MP3 files into destination directory

The option I have is to select a file (C:\Users\Anon\John O'Callaghan feat. Audrey Gallagher - Big Sky (Agnelli & Nelson Remix).mp3) or select a directory (C:\Users\Anon\).

One task is light and simple and the other is very intensive and broad -- I'm talking 1% of the meter full after waiting a minute for the AI engine to sort through things using a Core 2 Duo 2.5GHz 6MB cache processor (Is something wrong here?); I assume it's going through the tree of folders that stemmed from that directory? I just want to search that directory :)

I have tried filtering out MP3 files in the source directory by using the wildcard character: C:\Users\Anon\*.mp3 -- but that didn't work. :

Is there a way to filter before the AI engine runs? I think the AI engine and my CPU would be much happier if I can tell it to search for certain things in a directory before it goes out into my folder looking at everything.

Thanks!

tullik

psygn wrote
... Q: How can I organize by file type using 'File Organizer' tool?

This is what I want to do:

1. Copy only MP3 files from source directory

2. Paste MP3 files into destination directory ...

Actually, File Organizer "organizes" by leading similarities in the file name characters.

For what you want to do, File Finder or File Tool would be better.

Once you get a list of the files, select all and use More functions-->Copy to....

redseujac

Like Tullik wrote, you can use e.g. File Finder.

In "Files to find > Look only for the following files", you can mention e.g. *.mp3

In "Search in", add your folder(s) and/or subfolder(s).

In "Options", no need to check any option.

With the listed files, select all of them and then use "More functions" > "Copy to"...

psygn

Thanks for the replies! I'll try it out now. I was misled by the tool's name. :

One more question...

The File Finder tool works great, however,I'd like to see the results only from the directory specified.

Right now I'm getting results from that directory, and all the other folders within it. I checked "Skip deep directory structures to improve speed" but that doesn't seem to do what I thought it would.

I can see how this would work in the downloads folder with many folders within it.

But right now I save everything to my user account (C:\Users\Anon -- I know, bad practice) and would like jv16 to automatically organize all the gunk that fills it up (.PSD, .PNG, .JPG, .MP3, etc.).

Maybe I'm relying on this to heavily. :

Doh! I don't think I can automate this function. Oh well, it would only be another layer of sweets to this already appetizing program :)

tullik

psygn wrote
... The File Finder tool works great, however,I'd like to see the results only from the directory specified. ...

That's not directly possible.

However, if you type appropriate strings in the Ignore words tab, you can cause the subfolders not to show on the list.

jv16

Tullik is correct, the only way to search from only the given directories and not their sub-directories is to use the Ignore Words tab.