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Old 06-30-2009   #1 (permalink)
Ray Batig


 
 

Folder Script

Hi,

I have not written scripts but understand they are the replacement for bat
files which I used to use. I don't know if this is the right application to
do what I need or not or even how to go about constructing the file. So any
help is greatly appreciated.

I have one folder with several hundred sub-folders. Currently I manually
open each subfolder and click on the Type button of the top bar until I get
an upward pointing triangle, then I click the view button and select
thumbnails.

Once is not bad, however, I usually add 30-40 folders a week and make
changes to the names of about the same number so that means about 60-80 file
modifications a week. Recently I upgraded(?) to IE8 and lost all the folder
settings.

So what I am asking is there a simple script that would automate the
subfolder modifications and let me do productive work vs folder
modifications.

Thanks for your help!

If this isn't the right application for scripting can you suggest what I
might use?



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Old 07-29-2009   #2 (permalink)
Mark D. MacLachlan


 
 

Re: Folder Script

Ray Batig wrote :
Quote:

> Hi,
>
> I have not written scripts but understand they are the replacement for bat
> files which I used to use. I don't know if this is the right application to
> do what I need or not or even how to go about constructing the file. So any
> help is greatly appreciated.
>
> I have one folder with several hundred sub-folders. Currently I manually open
> each subfolder and click on the Type button of the top bar until I get an
> upward pointing triangle, then I click the view button and select thumbnails.
>
> Once is not bad, however, I usually add 30-40 folders a week and make changes
> to the names of about the same number so that means about 60-80 file
> modifications a week. Recently I upgraded(?) to IE8 and lost all the folder
> settings.
>
> So what I am asking is there a simple script that would automate the
> subfolder modifications and let me do productive work vs folder
> modifications.
>
> Thanks for your help!
>
> If this isn't the right application for scripting can you suggest what I
> might use?
Why don't you set the folder view for all folders? Open Windows
Exlorer. Navigate to any folder. Set the view the way you wnat.
Select Tools, Folder Options, View. Click Apply To Folders.

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Hope that helps,


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