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Practical guides to tame your files on Windows — automation, search and a tidy PC, explained step by step.
File automation for accountants: a self-filing folder
Tax season, and the W-2s, 1099s and statements are scattered across Downloads with useless names. Here is how to make the tax folder file itself, by content.
File automation for lawyers: sort case files
The court portal saves 28391_document.pdf and you open ten files to find the right matter. Here is how to file case documents by the case number, on their own.
File automation for photographers: RAW, JPG, EXIF
A card dump of mixed RAW and JPG, no order, shot dates lost to the copy date. Here is how to split RAW from JPG and sort your library by the real capture date.
File automation for students: sort course files by source
Every lecture PDF downloads as document (7).pdf and by finals you find nothing. Here is how to file course materials by the site they came from, automatically.
File Juggler Alternative: Rules With Simulation
Tired of paying for File Juggler and waiting on slow updates? Meet a Windows file-automation alternative with simulation before and undo after every rule.
Find Duplicate Files by Content — Even Renamed Ones
Copies hide under different names. Compare files by content (SHA-256), review every group yourself and clean up — nothing is ever deleted automatically.
From manual to autopilot: promoting rules with confidence
Not sure when to let a rule run on its own? Here's the safe journey from manual to real time — a few clean runs and the folder starts tidying itself for you.
Organize Photos by Capture Date Automatically
Copied your photos and lost their order? The file date isn't the photo date. Here's how to sort pictures by the real day they were taken, automatically.