Coming from File Juggler or DropIt? Welcome home.

Elegant File Explorer is a rule-based file organizer for Windows that is actively developed, with a gallery of 100+ ready-made automations, OCR that reads inside PDFs, a simulation before every run and one-click undo — all in a complete, modern file manager.

Actively developed Simulate and undo on every run 100% local
Downloads Clients
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Quick access
Downloads
Clients
Finance
Smart views
Modified today
Downloaded from the web
Touched by automation
Favorites
Invoices
NameTagsTypeModifiedSize
invoice-4471-acme.pdf
invoicePDFtoday240 KB
scan_20260703.pdf
PDFyesterday1.1 MB
contract-acme.docx
DocumentMon96 KB
gpu-driver-setup.exe
AppMon57 MB
Clients / Acme
FolderJun 8
Filed to Clients / Acmematched by content · undo ready
100+
ready-made recipes
20+
packs by profession and country
1
click to undo a run
0
bytes sent to the cloud

Every move, rehearsed first.

The engine runs the rule as a read-only dry run and lists exactly where each file would land. Approve it, then apply. Change your mind and one click reverses the run's moves, renames, copies and zips.

  • See every destination first. A read-only simulation shows each move with honest per-action counts before a single file moves.
  • Undo the run. One click reverses its moves, renames, copies and zips. Deletes go to the Recycle Bin, recoverable there.
  • Safe by default. System files are never touched; node_modules, .git and Program Files are left alone unless you opt in.
Dry run — Invoices recipeDRY RUN
4
files matched
2
folders to create
0
applied yet
1
sensitive · skipped
Nothing moved yet — this is only a rehearsal.Approve and applyUndo

Match on the text inside the file.

The invoice number, the client, the case reference: what identifies a document lives inside it, not in its filename. Conditions can look there, so a rule routes by what a file says instead of where it happened to download.

  • OCR for scanned PDFs. Native Windows OCR reads PDFs even when they are scanned images; Word and text files are read from their own text layer.
  • Plain text or regex. Combine content, name, size, age and origin into nested AND/OR groups. No scripting.
  • Opt-in Deep Search. By default the search palette looks at names, folders and origins; content indexing fills in the background when you enable it.
Find by content — invoice, client, reference… Entire PC ▾
scan_20260703.pdf
Downloads · scanned · content: “Invoice #4471”
Enter ↵
contract-acme.docx
Clients · Mon · content: “Acme Ltd”
Clients / Acme
Documents · folder · 18 files
Index: 53,929 files · ready · deep search onTab accepts a filter · ↑↓ to move · Enter opens

The app that offers to make the rule for you.

Most organizers wait for you to write rules. This one notices the ones you are already performing by hand — and offers to turn them into rules, privately, on your PC.

  • It watches your manual moves. Move the same kind of file to the same folder three times in thirty days and a quiet corner card offers to turn it into a rule.
  • Private by design. It remembers only folders and extensions, never file names or contents, all on your PC — and it never learns from its own moves.
  • You stay in charge. The offer opens the rule pre-filled with a simulation. Nothing runs until you approve it.
Suggestion · noticed a patternprivate · folders + extensions only
3×/30dYou moved 4 invoices to Clients / Acmeby hand
offerTurn this into a rule for new PDFs here?opens pre-filled + sim
The engine never learns from its own moves — only from yours.

Everything around the engine.

The rule engine sits inside a complete, modern file manager you can browse in all day.

Instant PC-wide search

Ctrl+Space answers as you type across names, folders and download origins; opt-in Deep Search also reads inside documents.

Browser-style tabs & preview

Ctrl+T, Ctrl+W and Ctrl+1 to 9, beside a pane that renders PDF pages and shows Office text and thumbnails.

Duplicate finder

Full-content SHA-256, review-first. Nothing is auto-selected and nothing is hard-deleted.

Tags & reminders

Tag any file, attach a date, and a bell rings when it is due. Tags follow the file when it moves.

Where files came from

Read the download origin from Windows' own mark of the web, read-only, and file by source domain.

Batch rename

Rename a whole selection with a live before-and-after preview.

Elegant File Explorer vs. File Juggler.

File Juggler is a solid, well-loved rule engine. Here is how the two compare today, feature for feature.

FeatureElegant File ExplorerFile Juggler
Real-time folder watchingYesYes
Reads inside PDFs (OCR)YesYes
Simulate before applyingEvery runNot built in
One-click undo after a runYesNot built in
Ready-made recipe gallery100+Build your own
Suggests rules from your habitsYesNot built in
Complete file manager includedYesRules only
LicenseOne-timeOne-time

One license. Every recipe included.

No subscription. No feature locked behind a higher tier. Try it for 7 days, then it is a one-time purchase — yours for good, running entirely on your PC.

  • 7-day free trial. Everything included, no card required.
  • One-time purchase. A single license, no recurring billing, ever.
  • Available on the Microsoft Store. One-time purchase, all updates to the current version included.
  • 100% local. No account, no cloud, no telemetry, no networking code.

Frequently asked questions.

Can it import my File Juggler rules?

Not automatically, but most rules take seconds to recreate, and the recipe gallery already covers the common ones: downloads, invoices, photos, installers.

Does it work with cloud-synced folders?

Yes. OneDrive, Google Drive and Dropbox folders are local folders, so rules and real-time watching work normally on them.

Is my data sent anywhere?

No. The app is 100% local: no account, no cloud, no telemetry.

Is it a subscription?

No. One-time purchase on the Microsoft Store, with updates to the current version included.

The rule-based organizer, grown up.

Preview first. Undo after. OCR inside your files. And a hundred recipes ready to go — in a complete Windows file manager.