http://directory-report.amb-software.qarchive.org Directory printer, find duplicate files, rename files and maintain files – all in 1 tool Simple to use since it looks just like the MS Explorer The program can scan over 7 million files Powerful filtering ensures you only get the files you want All screens can be printed to a printer, text file, HTML file and Excel file Directory Printer Print the contents of an entire disk or a single directory Print DLL, EXE version info Print AVI, MP3, MSI and WAV info Find duplicate files and directories Duplicate files can be found based on same name, size or CRC checksum The duplicate files search is multi-threaded - making it very fast The duplicate files output is colored by groups to make processing easy Rename files Rename multiple files all at once instead of 1 at a time Rename files based on MP3 tags File maintenance Multiple file change date Multiple file change owner Shows file owner, and it reports total file size by the file owner QArchive.org RSS Generator http://directory-report.amb-software.qarchive.org/#6 I have reviewed many directory programs and which most all of them went so far as options. Directory Report in my opinion covers any thing imaginable to man kind. I like to purchase software with the most informative information. I will say the program performs well. Cordially, Dennis 09 Wed 2008 http://directory-report.amb-software.qarchive.org/#5 In General Always make sure you are using the latest version by checking the home page http://www.file-utilities.com You wrote In my opinion this useful software needs a more sophisticated user interface Answer Directory Report looks just like the Microsoft Explorer. There is a tree control on the left side and a list of files on the right. You wrote First of all the interface should reflect changes user does directly on the file system such as when deleting a folder through Windows Explorer. Answer Directory Report shows data that takes a long time to compute (CRC and Directory Totals). That is why it does not refresh when you add/delete a file with the Windows Explorer You wrote Often you need to get the newest folder Answer The default sorting is by size decreasing. You can change the sorting order by clicking on the column headers or by selecting the menu "sort". You can show all directories by selecting: Largest / Display Largest Directories Then change the sorting order by selecting the Created/Access/Modified columns You wrote that having a tree that lets also compare file by file folder contents Answer In all windows, select two files, right click and select: Diff In all windows, select two directories, right click and select: Compare Directories are selected in the right side list control You cannot select directories for compare in the left side tree control 09 Wed 2008 http://directory-report.amb-software.qarchive.org/#4 In my opinion this useful software needs a more sophisticated user interface to gain satisfaction and usability level improvements. First of all the interface should reflect changes user does directly on the file system such as when deleting a folder through Windows Explorer. In second instance I would suggest some tree organization when showing data. Let's imagine when and why a user should use a software like this... I think is the case when you have a huge amount of files and folders to consolidate, perhaps some very old and going by memory doesn't help. In these cases you need to be concentrated for long times on what you are doing and not on how you are doing it! Often you need to get the newest folder despite files in it are not all the newest ones (developers know the problem). My opinion is that having a tree that lets also compare file by file folder contents just selecting adiacent nodes would help, you should be able to group nodes by name, date and so on and to compare higher or lower nesting levels of similar paths (folders). The software is useful anyway and pretty quick, I would suggest it for the scope to which is meant. With some improvements would be great. I hope this would help. 09 Wed 2008 http://directory-report.amb-software.qarchive.org/#3 I used it to measure the amount of space used by each user on the server. 18 Tue 2007 http://directory-report.amb-software.qarchive.org/#2 Before printing you should select which attributes you want/not-want printed. Select menu: Print / Set Printing Options... To find duplicate files: Select menu: Duplicates / Find Duplicate Files Duplicates can be found by same size, and/or name, and/or CRC CRC is the most accurate but is the slowest CRC: Each byte of the file is passed through the CRC formula It generates a 32bit CRC value Any same sized file with the same CRC is identical CRC is used by many popular tools to check for identical files WinZip and WinRAR use it Please make sure you are using the latest version (25.1) You can download it at: http://www.file-utilities.com/downloads/wdir.zip 12 Tue 2006 http://directory-report.amb-software.qarchive.org/#1 I wanted to print the directory structure of one of our internal installation CD-ROMs in a tree format. The only option I found so far didn't allow me to out put it in the format I'm uses to. I ususally create the txt file from a tree comand in DOS but couldn't out put hidden folders. I thought I would try your application because it also advertised functionality to use check sums for comparison of data. That would be helpful if I can figure out how to do it. I'm new at Directory printing so I'm struggling with how to use the applicaition and I don't have time to play around with it due to deadlines I have to meet. 12 Tue 2006