Use regular expression to automatically organize files by their name in Windows, using Copywhiz

This is a post for all those who use regular expression for their daily file copy and organization tasks.

What is Copywhiz?

Enhance your file-copy experience with Copywhiz as it lets you to have more flexibility & more control over the file copying and backup process. Here is how Copywhiz makes file copying a breeze:
Copy only new or modified files
Easily pick files by name, extension, folder etc from bunch of folders
Automatically organize files based on file attributes and metadata
Copy files to multiple folders/computers
Copy files from multiple folders and paste them at once
Sync files between source and destination
Pick files from multiple folders and compress in single .zip file
Schedule file backups
Several more hidden nuggets designed to make your file-copy task easier.

You can configure Copywhiz for your file copy and backup tasks using regular expression. We have a short video that will show how to automatically organize files in separate folders based on the regular expression you specify.

Video Transcript:

For our video, we took a folder with various files named by employee name in the format of First name followed by last name.
We will now create a folder by the last name and place files in them accordingly using regular expression.
Select the files, right-click and add them to Copywhiz.
Go to the destination folder, right-click and choose Copywhiz Paste Advanced.
The Copywhiz main window will open. Click on the Advanced Settings button in there.
In the Destination Tab, choose the option ‘Organize files inside folders based on name, type, date, etc.’
Click on the Organizer button.
Under the file property section, choose ‘File Name’ and under the format section, choose ‘Regular Expression’ from the drop down.
Type the expression ^(?:\w+ ){1}\K\w+ which will select the second word in the file name.
Click on OK and Paste Now.
You will see the files pasted in separate folders based on the second name of the employee.

Organizing files is so easy with Copywhiz. The best part is, it is customizable based on the task you want to achieve.

You can also schedule automatic file backups and take incremental backups using Copywhiz.

Learn more about Copywhiz. Download the free trial from here.

For short tutorial videos, Check out this page.

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Have a good day!

Thanks for your time :)

Run Copywhiz program without logging into the Windows PC

We have received many queries regarding running Copywhiz without having to log in to Windows.

You can do that, and this post will tell you how.

Once you schedule a project, you can have it run without being logged in to your Windows PC. This is because Copywhiz schedules the project using Windows Task Scheduler.

So once you have scheduled a project in Copywhiz, you should be able to configure the Windows Task Scheduler to run that process with higher privilege so that the user doesn’t have to be logged in.

What is Copywhiz?

Enhance your file-copy experience with Copywhiz as it lets you to have more flexibility & more control over the file copying and backup process. Here is how Copywhiz makes file copying a breeze:

Copy only new or modified files
Easily pick files by name, extension, folder etc from bunch of folders
Automatically organize files based on file attributes and metadata
Copy files to multiple folders/computers
Copy files from multiple folders and paste them at once
Sync files between source and destination
Pick files from multiple folders and compress in single .zip file
Schedule file backups
Several more hidden nuggets designed to make your file-copy task easier.

Here are the steps:

Schedule the Copywhiz project.

You can watch this video to learn how:

2. In Windows Task Scheduler you should be able to see a folder called Copywhiz . Under that you will see the task.

Open properties for your task and select the option “Run whether user is logged in or not” and “Run with highest privileges”.

4. If you want to run the project even when the computer is switched off, go to the Conditions tab and make sure you check “Wake the computer to run this task”.

That’s it! Now the project will run at the scheduled time even when you are not logged in on your system.

Learn more about Copywhiz. Download the free trial from here.

For short tutorial videos, Check out this page.

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Have a good day!

Thanks for reading :)

Inserting bullets and numbers in Notezilla sticky notes

Bullets and numbered lists are very helpful if you do a lot of research or need to take quick short notes for anything.

Most sticky note software do not provide the option of bullets and numbering but Notezilla does. You can create bulleted and numbered lists of multiple levels.

What is Notezilla?

Notezilla is a professional, elegant & highly rated sticky notes app for Windows & Phones (Android, iOS, iPhone, iPad, Windows Phone, etc.). It can help you organize your life by keeping all the notes, tasks & reminders that you may need when-ever and where-ever you are.

With sticky notes, you hardly have to put effort to take notes, set reminders, etc. Just jot down & move on with your task at hand. Notezilla allows you to create attractive and realistic sticky notes to make the desktop look more colorful and beautiful.

It works smoothly on both phones & tablets.

Here are some features of Notezilla:

Sticky notes with reminders
Attach sticky notes to websites, documents & folders
Pin sticky notes on top of other apps
Sync sticky notes between Windows, Android, iPhone, iPad
Add pictures inside sticky notes
Organize sticky notes inside memoboards (folders)
Checklist sticky notes
Lock sticky notes (password protect)
Markdown support
Send notes over local network or across the globe
Tag sticky notes
Dark mode support

Insert Pictures Inside Sticky Notes — An image depicting one of the features of Notezilla

Creating a bulleted or numbered list in sticky notes

Here’s a short video for your guidance:

Select the content of the sticky note that you want to convert into a bulleted or numbered list, right-click and choose the option ‘Bullets & Numbering’ and choose the type of list you want to add.

The note will quickly get converted into a list.

Really simple and fast!

The best part of Notezilla is that it can sync notes between your mobile and PC or laptop! Therefore, you have the exact notes at both places! Try the sync feature today! You will surely love it.

Download it from the Play Store or App Store today and sync all your sticky notes with the Windows version of Notezilla.

Learn more about Notezilla.

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Have a good day!

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Automatically arrange desktop sticky notes in Windows using Notezilla

Working with sticky notes is addictive. Once you get used to working with digital sticky notes, you create notes for almost everything, from a short task to a long term plan.

If you are one of those people, then you will often find your desktop cluttered with sticky notes at all places. It might get difficult to access things on the desktop, including the sticky notes.

You might manually arrange them once or twice, but let’s admit, we all feel lazy to arrange the notes, especially if there are lots. We therefore have a quick option for you- automatically arrange all the Notezilla sticky notes on your desktop in an organized manner.

What is Notezilla?

It works smoothly on both phones & tablets.

Here are some features of Notezilla:

Sticky notes with reminders
Attach sticky notes to websites, documents & folders
Pin sticky notes on top of other apps
Sync sticky notes between Windows, Android, iPhone, iPad
Add pictures inside sticky notes
Organize sticky notes inside memoboards (folders)
Checklist sticky notes
Lock sticky notes (password protect)
Markdown support
Send notes over local network or across the globe
Tag sticky notes
Dark mode support

Access_Notes_From_Phone — *An image showing one of the features of Notezilla*

Automatically arranging desktop notes

Here’s a short video on this feature:

Right-click on the Notezilla icon and select ‘Desktop notes’-> ‘Arrange notes’.

The following box will appear where you can choose to arrange your notes based on different criteria like date created, modified, accessed, due date and note title, in either ascending or descending order.

Click on OK and the notes will be instantly arranged in a neat manner.

The desktop now looks clean and helps you stay productive.

The best part of Notezilla is that it can sync notes between your mobile and PC or laptop! Therefore, you have the exact notes at both places! Try the sync feature today! You will surely love it.

Download it from the Play Store or App Store today and sync all your sticky notes with the Windows version of Notezilla.

Learn more about Notezilla.

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Have a good day!

Thank you :)

Copy files to specific sub-folders under the destination folder in Windows

In our previous post, we talked about how you can paste your files in all sub-folders of the destination folder. Read it here if you still haven’t:

Copy files to every sub-folder inside a folder in Windows

Here’s another exciting feature for you all. Using Copywhiz, you can copy your files to only specific sub-folders (any level deep) inside the destination folder.

What is Copywhiz?

Enhance your file-copy experience with Copywhiz as it lets you to have more flexibility & more control over the file copying and backup process. Here is how Copywhiz makes file copying a breeze:

Copy only new or modified files
Easily pick files by name, extension, folder etc from bunch of folders
Automatically organize files based on file attributes and metadata
Copy files to multiple folders/computers
Copy files from multiple folders and paste them at once
Sync files between source and destination
Pick files from multiple folders and compress in single .zip file
Schedule file backups
Several more hidden nuggets designed to make your file-copy task easier.

An image depicting one of the features of Copywhiz

Copy files to specific sub-folders (any level deep) under the destination folder

Here’s a short video on this feature:

1. After you select your files in Copywhiz, go to the destination folder and Choose ‘Copywhiz -> Paste Advanced’.

2. The Copywhiz main window will open. Choose the Advanced Settings Tab from there.

3. Go to the Destination Tab and choose the ‘Paste a copy to every sub-folder under the destination tab ’ option. Type the name of the folder in the box. You can specify multiply folders too.

4. Click on OK and proceed with ‘Paste Now’ option.

Why Copywhiz?

Copywhiz really saves your time and efforts in organizing and moving files. It is also easy to understand and use.

You can also schedule automatic file backups and take incremental backups using Copywhiz.

Learn more about Copywhiz. Download the free trial from here.

For short tutorial videos, Check out this page.

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for interesting videos.

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Have a good day!

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Copy or backup files created, accessed or modified in last ‘X’ days in Windows

This post will show you how to copy or backup files created, accessed or modified in last ‘X’ days. It is real quick with the tool call Copywhiz (for Windows)

When we are working on a project, we access and modified several documents scattered in various folders. After certain days, how you will identify which files were touched? Doing this manually is extremely tedious or say, virtually impossible.

Here is where Copywhiz comes to your rescue by letting you do a selective file copy/backup. You can copy files created in the past ‘X’ number of days. So instead of specifying a date range of files created between this and this date, just mention the number of days, says 15 days.

What is Copywhiz?

Enhance your file-copy experience with Copywhiz as it lets you to have more flexibility & more control over the file copying and backup process. Here is how Copywhiz makes file copying a breeze:

Copy only new or modified files
Easily pick files by name, extension, folder etc from bunch of folders
Automatically organize files based on file attributes and metadata
Copy files to multiple folders/computers
Copy files from multiple folders and paste them at once
Sync files between source and destination
Pick files from multiple folders and compress in single .zip file
Schedule file backups
Several more hidden nuggets designed to make your file-copy task easier.

Copy only files created, accessed and modified in the last ‘X’ days

Here’s a short video on this feature:

1. After you select your files in Copywhiz, go to the destination folder and Choose ‘Copywhiz -> Paste Advanced’.

2. The Copywhiz main window will open. Choose the Advanced Settings Tab from there.

3. Go to the Source Tab and under the ‘Paste by date’ section, choose the criteria and specify number of days in the box.

You can preview the files that will be copied and skipped, before actually copying them.

4. Click on ‘OK’ and ‘Paste Now’.

The benefits

This feature removes the biggest difficulty we all face- remembering dates! This will also ensure you don’t spend time and effort copying extra or unwanted files due to the date ranges.

You can also schedule automatic file backups and take incremental backups using Copywhiz.

Learn more about Copywhiz. Download the free trial from here.

For short tutorial videos, Check out this page.

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for interesting videos.

Check out our other cool products.

Have a good day!

Thanks for your patience :)

Restoring Notezilla Sticky Notes Data from Backup

Watch the below video to know how to restore Notezilla‘s sticky notes data from backup. This video will also help you understand where exactly Notezilla stores its data.

What is Notezilla?

It works smoothly on both phones & tablets.

Here are some features of Notezilla:

Sticky notes with reminders
Attach sticky notes to websites, documents & folders
Pin sticky notes on top of other apps
Sync sticky notes between Windows, Android, iPhone, iPad
Add pictures inside sticky notes
Organize sticky notes inside memoboards (folders)
Checklist sticky notes
Lock sticky notes (password protect)
Markdown support
Send notes over local network or across the globe
Tag sticky notes
Dark mode support

Check out Notezilla’s homepage.

This video perfectly depicts this feature:

For more tutorial videos, check out this page.

Video Transcription

If you are not able to run Notezilla, skip steps 2, 3, 4 & 6. You can directly open the data folder by running %appdata%\Conceptworld\Notezilla from the Windows start menu. Similarly, open backup folder %appdata%\Conceptworld\Notezilla\Backup from the Windows start menu. Note that these are default locations where Notezilla stores its data.
To know where Notezilla stores the data, right click on Notezilla icon, choose Preferences from the menu and click on the Advanced tab.
On the Advanced tab, you will see “Data Folder” and “Backup Folder.” These are the locations where Notezilla stores its data and keeps five backup copies of its sticky notes data.
Copy the data folder location from Advanced tab & open in Windows Explorer.
Notezilla stores data inside a file named Notes or Notes8. They might appear as Notes.db or Notes8.db in some computers.
Copy the backup folder location from Advanced tab and open in Windows Explorer.
You will see that Notezilla keeps multiple backups (date-wise). Open the backup folder which contains the latest and correct data.
Copy the backup file Notes8.db to the main data folder. Make sure you exit Notezilla before copying the data file by clicking on Notezilla icon in the taskbar and selecting Exit from the menu.
Make sure you rename the existing Notes8.db file in the data folder and Paste the copied file with a right-click. Run Notezilla to access the restored notes.

You can follow similar steps when you want to move Notezilla‘s sticky notes data from one computer to another.

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Duplicating a sticky note in Notezilla on Windows

Often, users want to create a copy of an existing sticky note containing exact text content.

It is possible to duplicate a sticky note in Notezilla without manually copying and pasting the text to another sticky note. This feature is useful when you wish to work on a copy of a sticky note without touching the original.

E.g., You can keep a set of sticky note templates with standard content & create a copy whenever required.

What is Notezilla?

It works smoothly on both phones & tablets.

Here are some features of Notezilla:

Sticky notes with reminders
Attach sticky notes to websites, documents & folders
Pin sticky notes on top of other apps
Sync sticky notes between Windows, Android, iPhone, iPad
Add pictures inside sticky notes
Organize sticky notes inside memoboards (folders)
Checklist sticky notes
Lock sticky notes (password protect)
Markdown support
Send notes over local network or across the globe
Tag sticky notes
Dark mode support

Here is a short video that demonstrates how to duplicate a sticky note in Notezilla on Windows.

For more tutorial videos, check out this page.

Video Transcription

Right click on the Notezilla icon in the Windows taskbar (next to the clock), choose Notes Browser.
In the Notes Browser, select the sticky note to be cloned from the top notes list (not the bottom sticky notes view).
Now, hold Ctrl key, drag and drop the item to the current memoboard listed in the left “Memoboards” tree view.

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“My sticky notes are gone. What should I do?”

Often we get support queries that say ‘My notes are gone. What should I do?’.

In all the cases we have seen, there was nothing to panic. The data did not get corrupted, or the data was not lost. It just misplaced due to some change in configuration settings (Windows profile, moving of folders, reinstallation, etc.)

Here are the different things you need to try when you do not find your notes:

May be the sticky notes are just hidden.

Right click on Notezilla icon in the taskbar (next to the clock) and choose Desktop Notes->Show All Notes.

May be the sticky notes are off your desktop

Sometimes, when changing the display resolution of your desktop, the notes go off the desktop. Right-click on the Notezilla icon in the taskbar (next to the clock) and choose Desktop Notes->Layout->Stickers.

May be Notezilla is not seeing the right data folder.

Go to Notezilla’s preferences. To access Notezilla’s Preferences, go to the Notes Browser, choose Advanced->Preferences from the menu.
Click on the Advanced tab and note the data folder where Notezilla is looking for the notes data.
Exit Notezilla.
Search your whole computer (all drives) for Notes.db file. Check the size of this file and its date modified. Find the biggest file and the latest one. Copy this file to the above data folder.
Launch Notezilla and check if you see your sticky notes.

May be the backup folder has your notes data.

Notezilla keeps five copies of the backup under the backup subfolder.

Windows 10: C:\Documents and Settings\(user name)\Application Data\Conceptworld\Notezilla\backup\
Windows 8/7: C:\Users\(user name)\AppData\Roaming\Conceptworld\Notezilla\backup\

Each copy is stored in a subfolder, date wise. Go to each folder and check the size and date of the Notes.db file. Find the biggest file and the latest one. Copy this file to the above data folder. To know the exact path of the data folder, go to Notezilla Preferences. To access Notezilla’s Preferences, go to the Notes Browser, choose Advanced->Preferences from the menu. The Advanced tab will show the right data folder path.

What is Notezilla?

It works smoothly on both phones & tablets.

Here are some features of Notezilla:

Sticky notes with reminders
Attach sticky notes to websites, documents & folders
Pin sticky notes on top of other apps
Sync sticky notes between Windows, Android, iPhone, iPad
Add pictures inside sticky notes
Organize sticky notes inside memoboards (folders)
Checklist sticky notes
Lock sticky notes (password protect)
Markdown support
Send notes over local network or across the globe
Tag sticky notes
Dark mode support

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The quick reply feature in NoteZilla

Quite a few customers have requested a ‘Reply’ feature in Notezilla. When somebody sends a sticky note, you should be able to reply to the sender using a single click quickly.

Notezilla does have a way to reply quickly. But it is not called ‘Reply.’

When you receive a sticky note, modify it and press the Ctrl+G key and hit enter to send the note to the sender. What exactly happens here? Ctrl+G brings the ‘Send To Contact’ window. Also, Notezilla automatically selects the sender of the note in the list. Hitting enter picks the selected sender and sends the note over the network.

Thank you all the customers for asking. It helps us to make the product better.

What is Notezilla?

It works smoothly on both phones & tablets.

Here are some features of Notezilla:

Sticky notes with reminders
Attach sticky notes to websites, documents & folders
Pin sticky notes on top of other apps
Sync sticky notes between Windows, Android, iPhone, iPad
Add pictures inside sticky notes
Organize sticky notes inside memoboards (folders)
Checklist sticky notes
Lock sticky notes (password protect)
Markdown support
Send notes over local network or across the globe
Tag sticky notes
Dark mode support