A reader was asking me if I knew of a program that would observe selected folders and move new files automatically from those folders into different ones. It took a while until I found an universal software that is able to observe an unlimited amount of folders and move new files that are either moved or created in that folder into another one.
FileWarper is a German freeware which is fortunately not difficulty to use. I took the liberty and translated all buttons and explanations into English. You need to configure the tool once and keep it running in the background. Let me explain the various settings, don’t worry, it is not much.
You can add new folders that you want to observe by clicking on the button Hinzufügen. Just browse to a folder that you want to add and select Wählen to add it. The default dir where the files are moved is C:\Program Files\FileWarper\data\ – you probably want to change that dir to another one, just click and enter another dir.
The program checks every 10 seconds if new files are found in the observed directories. You can change that figure easily. The * entry means that all files that are in that folder are moved to another directory and the *.dat excludes files with the .dat extension from being moved.
It is possible to move only *.jpg for instance or *.mp3 or add more extensions that should be excluded.
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Or you could use a backup software like SyncBack that would do the job for you. It wouldn’t actually watch the directory though.