FileSorter

A small Windows tool that cleans up any messy folder by sorting files into folders based on their type. Great for Downloads folders, recovered hard drive data, USB dumps, and old backups.

Features

• Works on any folder: paste a path, drag a folder in, or right-click it
• Scan just one folder, or every subfolder too
• Two sorting styles:
  • By extension: jpg, pdf, docx
  • By category: Images, Documents, Videos, Audio, Archives, Code, Programs
• Dry run mode to preview everything before any file moves
• Undo the last sort
• Duplicate names are renamed (photo_1.jpg), never overwritten
• Skips half-finished downloads (crdownload, part, tmp) and hidden/system files
• Safe with strange filenames (!, &, ^, spaces)
• Refuses to run on system folders like Windows or Program Files

Install

1. Go to the Releases page of this repo
2. Download FileSorter_Setup.exe
3. Run it and choose whether you want the right-click menu and a desktop shortcut

Windows may show a "Windows protected your PC" screen because the installer is not code signed. Click More info, then Run anyway.

No install needed if you prefer: just download FileSorter.bat and double-click it.

How to use

Easy way

1. Right-click a folder and choose Sort with FileSorter (or open FileSorter from the Start Menu)
2. Answer the questions: scan depth, grouping style, extensions to skip, dry run
3. Done

On Windows 11 the right-click entry is under Show more options (or hold Shift while right-clicking).

Command line

FileSorter.bat "D:\Downloads" /top /cat /dry

Using any flag skips the questions.

Flag	What it does
/top	Only files directly inside the folder
/sub	Include all subfolders (default)
/ext	Folders by extension (default)
/cat	Folders by category
/dry	Preview only, nothing is changed
/keepempty	Do not delete empty folders afterwards
/undo	Undo the last sort in that folder
/?	Show help

Categories

Folder	Extensions
Images	jpg, jpeg, png, gif, bmp, webp, tif, tiff, svg, ico, heic, raw, cr2, nef, psd
Documents	pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf, odt, xls, xlsx, csv, ppt, pptx, odp, ods, md, epub
Videos	mp4, mkv, avi, mov, wmv, flv, webm, m4v, 3gp, mpg, mpeg
Audio	mp3, wav, flac, aac, ogg, m4a, wma
Archives	zip, rar, 7z, tar, gz, bz2, iso
Code	c, cpp, h, hpp, py, java, js, ts, html, css, php, cs, asm, sh, bat, json, xml, sql
Programs	exe, msi, apk, dmg
Other\ext	anything else, kept in its own extension folder

Undo

Every real run saves _SortLog.txt inside the sorted folder. Run FileSorter again and choose Undo, or use the /undo flag. Only the most recent run in a folder can be undone.

Tips

• Always do a dry run first on a new folder
• Try it on a small test folder before using it on important data
• When sorting by subfolders, everything is flattened: Recovered\old\stuff\a.jpg becomes Recovered\jpg\a.jpg

Uninstall

Settings, then Apps, then FileSorter, then Uninstall. This also removes the right-click menu entries.

Build the installer yourself

1. Install Inno Setup 6
2. Open FileSorter.iss
3. Press Ctrl+F9
4. The installer appears in the Output folder

License

MIT, see the LICENSE file.

Author

Made by Huzaifa.