Why is New Folders one of my best programs?
It saves time and gives power to the user - certainly far superior to the traditional method of creating a new folder ... even if Microsoft finally put a 'New Folder' button on every Explorer window.
Are most people, really so attached to using right-click, selecting 'New', and then clicking 'Folder'?
It certainly seems as though they must be. Yet there is a better way ... that could only be improved by adding a button for my program (or similar) on every Explorer window. Surely people get sick of having to be so accurate and patient when using this traditional method?
What happens when the time taken to display the right-click menu increases - as it inevitably does over time?
Are people accepting of that or do they get annoyed ... like me?
What does my 'New Folders' program do?
1) Lets you use a hotkey combo - saves on time & accuracy.
2) Alternatively you can right-click on a file, and take the new folder name from that - still saves on time & accuracy, with the added benefit of no typing.
3) Instant folder creation by clicking the 'Create' button.
4) While the generic folder name of 'New Folder' is the same as usual (and highlighted to instantly type over), you can set the program to return the last created folder name - so no typing is required.
5) Not only can you create one new folder instantly, but you can create many at once - even with sub-folders. With my ingenious methods of using pipes and forward slashes, you can save absolute oodles of time and hassle.
6) Couple all the above features with additional options like -
{a} Trailing or Leading Incrementation - with or without zeroes.
{b} Favourite folder names - using replace or addition.
{c} Case toggling.
{d} Date folder/s - full or separate.
{e} Alphabet folders - 26 instant folder names (even more with increments).
{f} Import text from clipboard as the new folder name.
{g} Make any leading 'The' a trailing ', The'.
{h} Instantly quit the program dialog after folder creation, or keep it open and browse to other windows to create the same or other folder names there - just click the 'Refresh' button at each location before clicking 'Create'.
{i} Combinations of many of the above, as well as many controlling features, etc.
IMAGINE THIS SCENARIO - You want to create hundreds of folders that use the same basic name but are incremented by a number. This program can do it with one click instantly ... IS THAT POWERFUL OR WHAT!
Download the program from Here
Screenshots
Minimal version of the GUI
Full version of the GUI
(previous downloads: 193 + 21) (10th July 2006) (this was updated on same day - some minor bugfix) Updated again on 2nd October 2008 after I became alerted to an issue. I'm now up to version 3.0, which I will make available soon - where I have presumably catered for this issue, considering I still use the program all the time. This was just a quick little fix for a simple version of the program, which is much more complex now.
This is a program, that I've been working up to for some time!
It's now finished, and I'm pleased to share it with everybody!
Do you ever get sick of having to right-click, then select New -> Folder
I know I have many times!
As we all know, some computers are quite slow at doing this, and you have to be oh so accurate with your mouse cursor.
If I had a dollar for every time I wish Microsoft had put a button on the menu bar in explorer (for creating folders ... just like the one available in the Save dialog), I'd be a rich man.
Well while my program doesn't do that, it does the next best thing!
It uses a hotkey (Ctrl + Alt + F is recommended) to start up a dialog, that let's you create single/multiple/sub folders all at once, and you can even create/store/delete some favourite names for easy combo access. The program will even work well at just the desktop - no folder open!
Several people have given their 2 cents worth during the creation of the program, I'd like to thank them, and I'd just like to give a special thanks to Uten, who supplied me with some code (I used 2 lines), and some ideas (which I implemented - regarding OS checking, etc).
Nothing happens it seems, without a bit of acrimony, and if you've read my posts, you'll know what I mean.
You need to have your windows folder options set correctly (Tools menu), for this program to work!
Ideally I hoped to overcome this, but it hasn't happened yet!
Please at least try it out, and then let me know what you think!
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Edited by TheSaint, 01 March 2009 - 03:26 PM.
