New User Interface
Complete new GUI that
not only makes FileBoss easier to use but
allows greater flexibility, customization
and a more convenient workspace.
Not just tabs but tab groups too.
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Flatten Folders
Copies all files (or those that match
optional file patterns) to one folder,
either the root of the folder or another,
user specified folder.
On the Actions menu.
Click here for more... |
Relative Times for Find and Select Routines
All times in search and select routines can
now be specified as relative times, e.g.
'since yesterday', 'more than two months
ago' etc. |
Concatenate Files
Combines files together (normally only
useful for text files) to a new file or
appended to an existing file.
On the Actions menu. |
Skip Errors when Copying
A new check box has been added to every Copy
based dialog that when checked will tell
FileBoss not to stop and ask you any
questions when it can not copy a file (for
instance if it is locked by another program)
but rather to just log the error and
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Clean Folders
Deletes specified (or all) files from a
folder and all its sub-folders with the
option to delete any empty folders
afterward.
Used to clean out temporary files. Also used to delete files in problem folders as
the routine will not stop when it encounters
an error but rather continue deleting all
the files it can.
On the Actions menu.
Click here for more... |
Default Drag & Drop Copy
method
The default engine for
copying Drag & Drop operations (on FileBoss)
is now FileBoss for copies and links and
Windows for moving files.
Drag & drop Move operations are now
always handled by the windows copy engine no
matter what the specified copy engine is
(e.g. The setting in the Advanced Options
section of the Program Options dialog.
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Find Old Files
The opposite of Find Modified Files, i.e.
finds files that have not been modified,
accessed and/or modified within a specified
time.
On the Find menu.
Click here for more... |
Actions Apply to Navigation Window Selection
Most commands on the Actions menu can now be
applied to the selected folder in the folder
navigation window as well as to selected
entries in the contents window. FileBoss
determines which selection to use by which
was the last to be selected. |
Time Controlled Copying
Designed for large copy operations this
special copy routine can insert timed delays
between files, between copy blocks within a
file and / or every number of bytes copied.
On the Actions | More Actions > menu
Previously the browse dialogs always opened
to the Desktop folder. |
Recursive Actions, e.g. Renaming
Many actions, such as renaming, can now
be recursive. This is especially useful when
performing actions on the current folder in
the navigations window.
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Find Menu items default to current folder(s)
The Find routines, e.g. Find Old Files, Find
Long Filenames, etc, will now automatically
use the currently selected entries as their
starting point (the Paths field) from the
navigation or contents window as
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Dynamic Virtual Folders
Dynamic Virtual Folders are very much like
traditional Virtual Folders except that you
can add (just drag and drop), delete and
manually sort entries. They can be created
from selected entries, via a folder
picker, empty or from a list of files
contained in an external text file.
All of these are created using the commands
on the File | New Dynamic Virtual
Folder > menu. |
New Standard Meta-Variables
Added standard windows names to the list of
FileBoss meta-variables including
%SystemRoot%, %WinDir%, and %SystemDirectory% |
Advanced and Simple Menus
The main menus come in two levels, simple
and advanced. Of course commands can be
added, removed and changed around for
complete customization. The default is
simple mode. Dual-Pane Mode
Tabs can be split up into separate groups,
vertically or horizontally so that more than
one tab can be viewed at a time. |
New Time and System Meta-Variables
New meta-variables have been added which can
be used almost everywhere you want to rename
files:
<TODAY>, <NOW>, <CURYEAR>, <CURMONTH>,
<CURDAY>, <CURHOUR>, <CURRENTMINUTE>
<CURRENTSECOND> and <USER>
So when renaming a file you could enter
worklog <today>.log to get something like
worklog 2008-05-23.log |
Simplified Renaming Options
FileBoss's powerful renaming control
center has been simplified with fewer
options per page on more pages.
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Options When Exiting FileBoss
To exit FileBoss without saving any
options or settings only pressing the Ctrl
key while selecting File | Exit FileBoss
command from the main menu (or clicking the
close button 'x' on the title bar) is needed
instead of the previous Ctrl + Shift
combination
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Options When Starting FileBoss
To start FileBoss and control what it
loads and doesn't load from the last session
hold down the Ctrl key until the
start dialog appears in which you can choose
the various load options.
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Merged Find tool bar into the Command Bar
Added up and down buttons.
Use Find
F8 to activate, F8 to select all or move
cursor to end of entry
: or 'find ' or just a simple file pattern
will activate the up and down arrow keys. |
Bookmarks are now Favorites
Bookmarks have been renamed Favorites.
This has been done so the under
thirty-five group will know what they are.
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File Sets are now Virtual Folders
File Sets have been renamed to Virtual
Folders so users under thirty will know what
they are.
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Menu Item Names Changes
Names for menu items on the File menu
have changed, e.g. Open View List...
to Open Tab Group... and New File
Set (Search)... to Search for
Files...., Quick Merge... to
Backup if Newer..., Explore Folder in New
View is now Open in New Tab\t(Ctrl+Click)
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Wildcards in Search Paths
More precise control over path delimited
patterns in the Search dialogs
When searching you can now enter variable
paths such as
\s-*\*
which will only return files in folders
that begin with 's-'. You can get even
trickier and use something like
\2007\s-*\*
or even
\Jan ????\s-*\*
One advantage of this is that in the
returned Virtual Folder you can just do a
select all and go straight to the structured
file copy routine as no extraneous file will
be in the File Set.
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