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Support and Feedback / Selecting Files With No Extension and "Correct Folder Date/Time"
« on: August 03, 2013, 07:38:39 »
I have just discovered this wonderful and powerful software. I use it primarily to correct the Date/Time of folders to the latest Date/Time of the newest file in each folder.
I have a few issues/suggestions:
1) I want to filter only for files with no extension. In the lower right corner of the Explorer Panel, I cannot figure out a way to do this. I tried entering "*." with and without the quotes and with and without a trailing space, but I think since space is a delimiter there, the trailing space is ignored.
a) Is there a way to filter for files with no extension?
b) Suggestion - Have an option to choose either a space, semi-colon, or comma as a delimiter for the filter field.
2) Sometimes I want to correct the Date/Time of a folder without affecting its subfolders. Also, the include/exclude dialog/method is different than that in the Explorer Panel. I suggest several ways to change "Correct Folder Date/Time" dialog box and functionality:
a) Add a checkbox titled "Include Subfolders". If the box is unchecked, only the Date/Time of the currently selected folder(s) is(are) changed.
b) Instead of having separate include and exclude fields, have only one filter field and have it behave exactly like the Explorer Panel filter box. That way, a filter can be tested in the Explorer Panel to know in advance exactly which files the filter will select to determine the corrected folder's Date/Time.
c) The whole "Correct Folder Date/Time" functionality can be simplified to use the Explorer Panel filter currently in effect and the dialog be replaced with just an "Include Subfolders?" dialog box with "Yes", No", "Cancel".
d) Perhaps easiest of all is to use the current filter in effect as in c), above, and subfolders could be excluded in the Explorer Panel filter using "-/*". Then the dialog could be reduced to a simple confirmation that could even be suppressed with an option in the settings.
I look forward to your thoughts on my suggestions and thanks in advance for your help.
I have a few issues/suggestions:
1) I want to filter only for files with no extension. In the lower right corner of the Explorer Panel, I cannot figure out a way to do this. I tried entering "*." with and without the quotes and with and without a trailing space, but I think since space is a delimiter there, the trailing space is ignored.
a) Is there a way to filter for files with no extension?
b) Suggestion - Have an option to choose either a space, semi-colon, or comma as a delimiter for the filter field.
2) Sometimes I want to correct the Date/Time of a folder without affecting its subfolders. Also, the include/exclude dialog/method is different than that in the Explorer Panel. I suggest several ways to change "Correct Folder Date/Time" dialog box and functionality:
a) Add a checkbox titled "Include Subfolders". If the box is unchecked, only the Date/Time of the currently selected folder(s) is(are) changed.
b) Instead of having separate include and exclude fields, have only one filter field and have it behave exactly like the Explorer Panel filter box. That way, a filter can be tested in the Explorer Panel to know in advance exactly which files the filter will select to determine the corrected folder's Date/Time.
c) The whole "Correct Folder Date/Time" functionality can be simplified to use the Explorer Panel filter currently in effect and the dialog be replaced with just an "Include Subfolders?" dialog box with "Yes", No", "Cancel".
d) Perhaps easiest of all is to use the current filter in effect as in c), above, and subfolders could be excluded in the Explorer Panel filter using "-/*". Then the dialog could be reduced to a simple confirmation that could even be suppressed with an option in the settings.
I look forward to your thoughts on my suggestions and thanks in advance for your help.