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I'm looking for a "smart folder" program to run on my Windows XP machine.
I've tried searching on Google, but I'm not having any luck. I'm finding
lots of info about Mac "Smart folder" and Vistas "Smart folder" search
thing, but nothing that actually does what I'm looking for.
Basically, you drag a file to the "smart" folder and, depending on the type
of file and settings for that folder, Windows automatically puts it to a
specific place on your computer. Each smart folder would also contain a
folder named "Unknown" for file types that it didn't know how to handle.
If you open the folder, the view contains a folder representing each
location that files could be moved to.
For example...
I have my smart folder on my desktop. My smart folder is set up to put .MP3
files at "C:\Music", .BAK files at "D:\Backups" and .GIF, .JPG and .PNG at
"C:\Pictures".
I have a file, "MyPic.JPG", on my desktop... I drag the .JPG and drop it on
the smart folder. POOF! It's now at "C:\Pictures\MyPic.JPG".
I double click my smart folder and Explorer opens up showing me the
following folders "Music", "Backups", "Our pictures" and "Unknown".
Now, I drag "README.TXT" from my desktop and drop it on the smart folder.
POOF! It's now at "...MyDesktop\SmartFolder\Unknown\README.TXT"
Now, I open the settings for my smart folder and tell it that I want all
".TXT" files to be stored at "C:\Text Files". I hit Apply and OK. Not much
has happened, but NOW I right click on the Unknown folder and choose "Try
again"... POOF! My previously unknow file is now at "C:\Text
Files\README.TXT"
...and the folder would be just as smart as Windows, warning when files
already exist and asking what you want to do (assuming you have the prompt
enabled).
So... any software out there that will do this? If not, any pointers on how
I might be able to write a utility using VB6 or VB.Net?
I've tried searching on Google, but I'm not having any luck. I'm finding
lots of info about Mac "Smart folder" and Vistas "Smart folder" search
thing, but nothing that actually does what I'm looking for.
Basically, you drag a file to the "smart" folder and, depending on the type
of file and settings for that folder, Windows automatically puts it to a
specific place on your computer. Each smart folder would also contain a
folder named "Unknown" for file types that it didn't know how to handle.
If you open the folder, the view contains a folder representing each
location that files could be moved to.
For example...
I have my smart folder on my desktop. My smart folder is set up to put .MP3
files at "C:\Music", .BAK files at "D:\Backups" and .GIF, .JPG and .PNG at
"C:\Pictures".
I have a file, "MyPic.JPG", on my desktop... I drag the .JPG and drop it on
the smart folder. POOF! It's now at "C:\Pictures\MyPic.JPG".
I double click my smart folder and Explorer opens up showing me the
following folders "Music", "Backups", "Our pictures" and "Unknown".
Now, I drag "README.TXT" from my desktop and drop it on the smart folder.
POOF! It's now at "...MyDesktop\SmartFolder\Unknown\README.TXT"
Now, I open the settings for my smart folder and tell it that I want all
".TXT" files to be stored at "C:\Text Files". I hit Apply and OK. Not much
has happened, but NOW I right click on the Unknown folder and choose "Try
again"... POOF! My previously unknow file is now at "C:\Text
Files\README.TXT"
...and the folder would be just as smart as Windows, warning when files
already exist and asking what you want to do (assuming you have the prompt
enabled).
So... any software out there that will do this? If not, any pointers on how
I might be able to write a utility using VB6 or VB.Net?