Is There Software That Will Find File Types And Automatically Put Them In A Designated Folder?

[PioneerX]

I have lots of media files MP3,books,pictures etc,and want to put them into their own folders easily,is there any software that can search and move them?

[Old_Geezer]

Wouldn't surprise me, but not that I am aware.

But surely it isn't too arduous to do a search for a particular file extension and simply select all then cut & paste ? May need to do a quick 'hand sort' in case different files types share a file extension, but that would be about it.

[Buenchico]

Windows Explore can be used to do what you want without any additional software.

e.g. to find all mp3 files on your computer simply run a search for *.mp3
If you want to move ALL of the files you find simply press Ctrl and A together (or go to File > Select All). If you only want a BLOCK of them, click on the first one and then hold down Shift as you click on the last one. If you want to create a COLLECTION of files to be moved, click on each one in turn while holding down the Ctrl key.

Once you've got all of the relevant files highlighted, right-click on one of them and select 'Cut' (or if you want to keep in their original place, as well as in the new folder, use 'Copy').

Go to the folder where you want the files to be located, right-click and select 'Paste'.

[treetops68]

In addition to Buenchico's advice, I run Windows 7 and have a 'move' option on my right click which I use a lot. It moves any file to a selcted destination which is a lot easier than copying\cutting and pasting.

[bibblebub]

For pics there is this program that i used to use http://www.duplicate-finder.com/photo.html - it compares images rather than just filenames and prompts for whether you want to keep them both.

It was ok but there was another program that I preferred to use; however I've lost it from changing machines in the last few years and have no record of what it was called.

[bibblebub]

*when I put 'both' I meant more than 1 copy of duplicated pictures.