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Every time I create new folder in windows explorer I don't need it to be named New Folder. I need current date and time as folder name. For example 20:12 10.12.2016.

And, lets say, I'm too lazy to watch at the time and change folder name manually every time I create folder.

Is there any addon/extension/widget/alternative for windows 10 explorer which handle some folder_created_event or something else and change it's name when folder is created?

Mohd Farhan Bin Ramli
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    I would make a new right-click "Context entry". And add a simple command there. Like a BATCH file. 1) Get the current date/time. 2) Create the folder there. I mean, this should be fairly simple, and you would not have to "hack" around. | NEW ENTRY: http://www.howtogeek.com/107965/how-to-add-any-application-shortcut-to-windows-explorers-context-menu/ | BATCH timestamp: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/203090/how-to-get-current-datetime-on-windows-command-line-in-a-suitable-format-for-us || Posting this as a comment, because well, the "modification of New Folder name" is the question. – Apache Dec 11 '16 at 12:37
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    That question has not been successfully answered yet. This should not be considered a duplicate. – music2myear Jan 04 '17 at 18:39

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Before you begin you must change the Windows System date format under Regional Settings in Control Panel. You cannot use / in the date format since this is an invalid character for folder names. Change the / to – in the date format. You cannot skip this step. Your date format must contain valid characters for folder names.

  1. Go to registry editor using the regedit command.
  2. Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell.
  3. Make a new key New Folder.
  4. Inside this key, create another key command.
  5. Type the following value for the key inside it (edit the (Default) item's data): cmd.exe /c md "%1/%%DATE%%"
  6. Save and exit Registry Editor.

Now, to create the folders, instead of clicking New > Folder, instead use the context item New Folder. This runs the command script defined in step 5, which creates a new folder with the current date.

You will now have a folder with default name as the current date instead of "New Folder".

CJBS
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Joseph George William
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  • Nice. I named "New Folder" "New Folder [Date_Time], and set my command to `cmd.exe /c md "%1/%%date%%_%%time:~0,2%%.%%time:~3,2%%.%%time:~6,2%%"`. This gives me time as well. My regional settings have date time set to YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS.mmm (and the command relies on this format when doing string data extraction) – CJBS Jul 14 '17 at 18:16
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    For me this only works when right clicking on a directory. the new folder gets created inside that directory. I tried to make it work in the current directory by putting it in `HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell` but this fails. – Goswin Rothenthal Jun 18 '19 at 09:55
  • @Gos I just checked it and it works. – IGRACH Jul 02 '20 at 00:13
  • For both options I get "This file does not have an app associated with it for performing this action." when trying to click the "New Folder" shortcut. – Alex Jan 23 '23 at 08:31