File Workshop

Sure enough you can easily perform basic file operations with the tools Windows puts at your disposal, but advanced tasks like search or compare might not be at the same level of difficulty. However, applications like File Workshop are equipped with different filters and functions to find, compare, and manage files and folders.

On the bright side of things, the application doesn’t even take you through a setup process to function and can thus be stored and carried around on a thumb drive in case you want or need to perform advanced file operations on other PCs. Registry entries remain intact during runtime, so there’s no need to worry about affecting the stability of the target system.

There are two major operations to perform such as searching and comparing. These are accessed through different tabs, while the main window fills up with corresponding value fields, functions, and generated results. A couple of additional tools can be used to create range of folders, or generate a fake file of custom size.

The search tool is able to identify files, folders, or both. Filters make it possible to locate items based on name, extension, content, size, date, time, and attributes. You can choose only those filters of interest to narrow down results. Results are quickly displayed, and actions mean moving, copying, or deleting.

As for the compare tool, it functions in a somewhat similar manner. Filters also need to be applied, but without name, mostly relying on extensions. You can choose to combine results, match content, name, size, ignore zero size files, and more. Results are delivered in a tabbed structure to easily identify combined, same content, same size, name, truncated, and zero size.

To sum it up, File Workshop manages to live up to expectations, coming equipped with an intuitive design which holds a neat variety of file processing tools. Various filters can be configured to narrow down results, which are delivered almost instantly.