Comments on: Flat Folder

By: Russell

Russell — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 20:33:57 +0000

Ouch! Sorry about that. You shouldn’t have lost any data, though, since it doesn’t touch the originals.

As I said in this post, I built it in a few hours to address a specific issue I was having. Since it’s GPL licensed, you’re welcome to edit the source code to add in advanced duplicate checks and handling.

By: Concerned user

Concerned user — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 16:55:12 +0000

This utility is horrible. If duplicate file names are present in the folder structure the utility overwrites them. Do not use this utility if you want funcational data after you flatten.

By: admin

admin — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:36:58 +0000

Yep. I noticed that on some computers it tops out at My Documents. I think it may have something to do with the version of Windows. I developed it on Windows XP. When I get some time, I’ll look into it. Actually, the drag and drop should be pretty easy to implement.

Check back in a week or two.

By: Leo

Leo — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 16:55:08 +0000

Thanks for sharing, I was searching for something do flatten directories and there don’t seem to be many available tools like this. It works great, but there doesn’t seem to be any way to go above ‘My Documents’. It would be useful to be able to go all the way up to My Computer so I can also select directories on other drives. And if you’re feeling really inspired to add to it, it would also be useful to allow folders to be dropped directly onto the application window!

Thanks again, great app.