Freeware Tools: DropIt 8.1.1

DropIt is a simple drop target (a floating image on your desktop) that you can drop files onto to quickly position them in folders of your choice. When you need to organize files, DropIt can eliminate much of the drudgery of searching and manually opening folders and moving files around. Configure it to move or copy files and folders to specified destinations, based on file-names and/or file-types. You can even create different sets of parameters in multiple Profiles for different projects, drives, or computers.

File management operations may prove to be a daunting task, as you need to manually open folders, search for the desired location, and move files.

Small yet powerful programs, like DropIt, can help you automate your actions and organize your files efficiently.

The utility offers support for various file management operations, such as Move, Copy, Compress, Extract, Rename, Delete, Encrypt, Decrypt, Upload, Open with, Change Properties, Ignore, Send by Email, Create Gallery, Create List, Create Playlist, Create Shortcut, and Copy to Clipboard.

DropIt gives you the possibility to drag the desired folder and drop it on the popup window. You can configure a new profile for each directory in terms of name, user-defined rules, action (e.g. Move, Copy), and destination folder.

What’s more, you can move the popup panel to any area of the desktop and customize its layout by uploading a picture from the computer (GIF, JPG, PNG), and specifying its size and opacity.

When it comes to configuration settings, you are allowed to make the program remain on top of other applications, lock the tool's position on the screen, play sound notifications at the end of a task, scan subfolders, and overwrite, skip, or rename duplicate items.

Additionally, DropIt lets you scan the monitored folder at a user-defined time, run the tool at Windows startup, filter files by path, name, extension, size, creation date, and other criteria, encrypt data with a master password, back up the settings, as well as enable the logging process.

All in all, DropIt proves to be a reliable application that offers a complete suite of tools for helping you perform file management operations. Thanks to its intuitive layout, it is suitable for beginners and professionals alike.