Your files sort themselves.
Explorer Manager watches your folders in real time and moves every new file to where it belongs — by filename and file type. It keeps running silently after you close the window.
Free · No account · one executable, no installer · other ways to install
Everything it does
Nine things, done properly. No cloud, no subscription, no telemetry.
Real-time watching
A file lands in your Downloads folder and is gone within a second — moved, not copied, no scan schedule.
Rules that stack
Match on a filename keyword, a file extension, or both. Switch a rule off, move it up or down — the first match wins.
Many folders at once
Watch Downloads, Desktop and a network share in parallel — each with its own switch and optional subfolders.
Silent autostart
One click registers Explorer Manager with Windows. It boots hidden and sorts without ever showing a window.
40+ file types
Documents, archives, media, images, code and installers are preselected — or leave the type open for everything.
Clean, modern UI
A tidy desktop app instead of a config file. Your rules are stored in AppData and reload on every start.
Runs from the tray
Closing the window hides it next to the clock and the sorting continues. Open it, sort on demand or quit from there.
Waits for the download
A file is only moved once it has stopped growing. Half-written .crdownload, .part and ~$ files are ignored.
Sorts the backlog too
One click applies your rules to everything already lying in the folder — not just to the next file that arrives.
Things Windows simply can't do
File Explorer sorts what is already there. Explorer Manager decides where things go in the first place.
Without Explorer Manager
- Every download lands in one folder and stays there until you clean up by hand.
- No way to route files by a keyword in the name — Explorer has no rule engine.
- Same name twice means an overwrite dialog that stops everything.
- Scripts and scheduled tasks only run on a timer, minutes after the fact.
With Explorer Manager
- Files are filed the moment they arrive — including drag & drop and renames.
- "Invoice" goes to your invoice folder, ".mkv" to your media drive. Both at once.
- Name collisions get numbered automatically — nothing is ever overwritten.
- Keeps sorting in the tray after you close it, and starts hidden with Windows.
Stop tidying your Downloads folder
Set your rules once and let Explorer Manager handle the rest — quietly, in the background, forever.
Download for WindowsWindows 10 / 11 · free for personal use · no installer