File Sorter

File operations might not require a lot of effort on your behalf, but it all depends on what you get in the end. For instance, organizing your picture or movie collection can prove quite the pain, especially if you want to create neat folder structures. However, File Sorter comes as a trustworthy tool which helps sort files with a few mouse buttons.

You can go ahead and run the application as soon as download is done. No installation is required to make it work, but you do need to check your PC for .NET Framework. On the other hand, it can easily fit and be carried around on a USB flash drive, while registry entries remain intact during the whole operation.

One of the first steps to take is to specify the source folder, which can either be done by selecting through the browse dialog, or pasting the path in a dedicated field. There’s no actual restriction to the types of files you can process, and everything inside the source location is shown in a table with a corresponding check box, file path and name.

Filtering is actually done by selecting the files you want to process from the list. There’s a dedicated field with which to search for specific strings or masks, but no other filter options are at your disposal, such as time range in which they got modified, or at least type of file, let alone content of text documents.

Selection is either done individually, or at the press of a button to target all of them. Clicking a file brings it up in the default viewer. There are two possible operation. One of them moves selected files in the same source, but a new custom folder, while the other method lets you pick any location on your computer.

All things considered, File Sorter comes with good intentions, but is rather underprepared for handling complex task. Sure enough it takes a little while to select files and move them to a different location, but you can’t sort according to any file specific attributes, or at least create and spread through complex directory structures.