Computer Hope
Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows XP => Topic started by: Mango2007 on March 11, 2010, 10:26:34 AM
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Help!
I work for a huge corporate - think... Office Space.
I just transferred to the Marketing department where they have tasked me with going through 500+ folders with folders inside of these folders and organizing them by product line and type of document i.e. flyer, brochure, advertisement etc.... My estimate is there is over a 1,000 files
The whole shared server is an absolute mess. :o
I am using the ctrl + F to do a blanket search and am finding duplicates of file extension names.
It is a mixture of files pdf.'s, word, power point. Nothing is named in a uniformed manner.
Can you give ideas on how to attack this project... what is the best way to get my arms around all the information?
Any ideas/ strategy or programs that are useful for managing folders would be great.
The end goal is to have everything organized into folders on a shared server and keep it organized.
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Can you run batch files?
If you're not sure, open notepad, type 'MKDIR test' (without quotes) and save as TEST.BAT (making sure the 'Save as type:' box shows 'All Files', not text doc). Then locate it and double-click. If a black window opens and closes, and a folder named 'test' is created, then you can run batch files. If not, I can't help you.
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To search for duplicates, I think this could be very helpful: http://www.easyduplicatefinder.com/. For a review on it, see http://www.easyduplicatefinder.com/softpedia-review.html
Regarding an overall strategy, this article might be helpful: 8 tips to manage your files better (http://www.microsoft.com/atwork/productivity/files.aspx), and this: 10 File Management Tips (http://sbinfocanada.about.com/od/datamanagement/a/computerfilemgt.htm)