The standard method of locating and loading files, along with the appropriate program, is everything. A file management system to a user is more than migrating through the root-directory, then through many folders to the very end of the file system to load the file. To a computer user, this portion of the a file management system should be eliminated.

File management systems create, enter, change, query and produce reports on one file at a time. All of these types of systems require the user to act upon files, put them in a relational database for many users to access from many locations. Most electronic document management systems solve a particular problem of managing, finding and tracking documents.

There is a simpler way. ACS describes a user-friendly File Management System that accumulates files on a computer via a user selected path. Then they throw away the folders and display the filenames, by extension, on one screen! The files can be obtained from any data storage device connected to the computer locally or through a LAN. The user can devise any path route(s) from the existing folder/file system and change it at will.

The computer will find all of the files along the user selected branch(s) of the entire filing system once the path is established. Filenames from the paths are accepted whether it is from a local disc drive or an external thumb drive. None of the files are created anew, changed, destroyed or entered. Only the designated filenames are collected, sorted and organized by extension type. There is an extension list that shows only one or more filenames found via the designated path. The number of filenames per extension can range from a few to many thousands, especially picture filenames.

The filename collecting phase of the program varies, depending on the number of files and the speed of the computer-perhaps a few seconds to a minute. There are four identical columns on one screen. Any column can be populated with filenames related with any type of extension in the extension list. Each column can display 40 filenames at a time with hundreds to thousands of filenames hidden behind the column, accessible faster than stroking the Up/Down arrow keys on the focused column. In the Sort By window, any of 10 ways can be selected; size, last modified, alphabetically, etc. to display the filenames accordingly.

It is safe to say we all create and save the files in some folder somewhere. We have been doing this since we begin storing data on a computer. We label folders and filenames with short, less than decipherable names to help us remember what folder we stored the file in for safe keeping. Folders past five levels become unmanageable when looking for files the standard method. The files never move and stay exactly where they were put in the first place but the filename is organized and sorted 10 different ways. The computer program being described was created and patented by ACS.

Some things have to be uniquely different. Take our coins and paper money, for example. Due to the necessity, we dump the money of the overloaded dresser draw onto a table and start sorting the coins into piles. Thank goodness someone invented a computerize machine to sort, count and package the money! Banks use them daily and wouldn’t consider anything less. It saves everybody lots of time! Similar, this is why ACS created this application program to locate all the filenames, associate the filename by extension, regardless of the file content, and stack them into visible piles. With a double-click of the mouse, you can load the file and launch the application filename immediately. This is the method that was created to save a lot of time.

The approach of saving considerable computer user time is what makes this program valuable. Every time a user loads a document, plays a video, views a picture or listens to music, you are operating the computer faster. Allowing the computer to do what it does best, and faster, reduces the user input time of operating a computer. The user can simply click the mouse or stoke a key. This File Management Systems does save the computer user valuable time, every time a filename is clicked upon!