Replicate a tree
structure
How to duplicate
the structure of a path without actually copying
any files. This was the problem of a graphic
artist who needed a new, empty, folder structure
for each new project.
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Set filenames to lower case
A webmaster had to move several sites from a
Windows based server to Linux. In the process
she wanted to reduce all filenames to lower case
to reduce problems with Linux's case-sensitive
conventions.
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Distribute one or
more files to many folders
A server administrator needed to update a group
of files and distribute them to over fifty
different folders.
He was able to use FileBoss' distribute routine
to 'Paste' the files into all fifty folders with
just a couple of clicks of his mouse.
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Organize Photos
A wedding
photographer wanted to be able to upload
hundreds of photos of a days work and quickly
evaluate, rotate, sort and rename promising photos and
delete the bad photos.
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Change file extensions
from htm to html
across many folders
A webmaster needed to quickly change more than
100 files (located in various folders) named
index.htm to index.html to conform to
new corporate standards.
He used FileBoss to change
their extensions using the Quick Set panel of
FileBoss' rename facility. It took less than a
minute!
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Compare the 'System32' folders on two
different computers
A systems developer was having problems
installing software on one computer that
appeared to be the same as another computer on
which the software was already installed. In researching the problem they
needed to compare the files in the system folder
of both machines.
Using FileBoss's compare mode seeing the
differences and similarities between the two
folders was a quick, easy and thorough.
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Copy a large number of files correcting
errors on the fly
A trade magazine editor routinely copied
and moved a number for documents around as they
were being readied for publication each month.
Frequently though, Windows Explorer would abort
the copy process because one file was in use or
had been left locked by another program.
The editor turned to FileBoss's
sophisticated copy routines.
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Refresh backup files
A programmer wanted to refresh his backup files
of a work in progress to a server. Since some of
the files were quite large she only wanted to
copy files that had changed. And she didn't want
to copy any of the hundreds of temporary files
her compiler created.
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Find a recently saved file without knowing
its name
At the end of a very long day the head of The
Utility Factory hit the 'Save As' button for
a new document he had created and then, only
after exiting the program, realized he didn't
have any idea where the document had been
stored or even what its name was.
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Quickly free-up HD space for an
emergency project
When a video services consultant needed more
space in a hurry for a new client, he used
FileBoss and File Sets to view and delete files.
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Find and rename filenames too long to be
included on a CD
While attempting to store a a collection of
photographs the CD Burning software kept
stopping because the length of a number of
filenames (including their paths) were too long
for the file system used by the CD.
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Collect files from many folders into one
The Utility Factory (makers of FileBoss) bought
several graphic collections to use as a basis
for the toolbar buttons.
But one set was supplied where each button type
was in its own folder based on file format, size
and then use. FileBoss was able to copy them all
to one folder quickly and easily.
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Make duplicates of selected files within a folder
A graphic artist wanted to make temporary backup
copies of a few files before he tweaked them
with his favorite graphics program.
He selected the files in FileBoss' Explore view and used the Duplicate Action to
make in-place copies of the files. Each file had
a sequence number added so he could easily tell
multiple generations apart.
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Convert all spaces
in filenames to underscores
A client required
that all files supplied to them by contractor
use dashes instead of spaces in their filenames.
The contractor used
FileBoss to quickly create a File Set of all the
files (across multiple folders) that would be
sent to the client and then used the Quick Sets
panel of the rename routine to convert all the
spaces in the filenames to dashes.
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