Sorting/Accessing Files by Certain Criteria

[John G.]

Hey guys. I have a problem I figured I'd put to people who know Windows XP quite a bit better than myself. Basically, I have a storage server that, of course, stores files. Many new files are added on a daily basis, and existing files are accessed frequently over a LAN on a daily basis.

Now, I'm looking to create two folders to help myself and others better access these files: a folder containing "most recently added files," and a folder containing "most frequently accessed files." Explorer is the file browser of choice at this point. Because of the volume of both, automation is pretty key in this.

Any tips, ideas, tricks, suggestions, insights? Thanks!

 

[drizzt81]

you may be able to use robocopy to move files based on creation date?
to get you started:
http://www.ss64.com/nt/robocopy.html

then run a scheduled task on a daily/ hourly/ weekly basis. The scheduled task could be a batch file containing one or more robocopy invocations that accomplish you goal.

 

[John G.]

you may be able to use robocopy to move files based on creation date?
to get you started:
http://www.ss64.com/nt/robocopy.html

then run a scheduled task on a daily/ hourly/ weekly basis. The scheduled task could be a batch file containing one or more robocopy invocations that accomplish you goal.

That could be a very effective idea.

As for most frequently accessed files list, I know there are programs out there that monitor network traffic (quantity)-- does anyone know of any that actually keep track of the FILES being transferred/accessed?