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--- romsort [2018/11/01 15:50]
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+Utilities to help you sort bunches of files (limitation of USB stick or SD card, for Mini, is 256 files per folder).\\
+Both have their own, specific (dis)advantages.
+Generally speaking, RomSort is more oriented to folders, Folder Axe to files. In most cases, none of them will provide one-step solution for your needs. Folder Axe has "copy" (instead "move") and "undo" options, which is a big plus. However, it is not developed or supported for many years.
 ===== RomSort =====
 [[https://jonthysell.com/software/romsort/|RomSort]] - a small utility to sort a directory of files into alphabetical sub-directories. It could intelligently combine the smaller sub-directories.
   * https://jonthysell.com/software/romsort/
-  * https://github.com/jonthysell/RomSort/releases/download/v1.0.0.0/RomSort.1.0.zip]] Windows only (.NET 2.0 required), but should run on any system that supports .NET 2.0 (WinXP+, Mono).
+  * https://github.com/jonthysell/RomSort/releases/download/v1.0.0.0/RomSort.1.0.zip\\ Windows only (.NET 2.0 required), but should run on any system that supports .NET 2.0 (WinXP+, Mono).
+===== Folder Axe =====
+Folder Axe splits folders into many smaller folders in various ways.
+  * http://www.tucows.com/preview/1201317/Folder-Axe
+  * https://web.archive.org/web/20180328045037/http://bkprograms.weebly.com:80/folder-axe.html\\ Windows only (.NET 4.0 required), but should run on any system that supports .NET 4.0. It works flawlessly at Linux (via WINE).
+Suggested by Mike Burgess in fb group post:
+  * https://www.facebook.com/groups/209280506324242/permalink/353812808537677/\\ "I used Romsort to sort my files alphabetically; if a file had more than 256 files I used Folder Axe to create subfolders" (at comments)