Organizing my pictures
Finally, finally, finally I have started to organize my pictures. I planned on doing this months ago but I guess something came in between.
So here’s how I do it. I copy the script from our Belgian System Center MVP, Kim Oppalfens from his blog: https://blogcastrepository.com/blogs/kim_oppalfenss_systems_management_ideas/archive/2007/12/02/organize-your-digital-photos-into-folders-using-powershell-and-exif-data.aspx
I save the file locally in a file with extension ‘.ps1’.
In my browser, I get some funky characters:
If you just copy paste, you will need to fix the script to:
$arMonth = [Char]$date[5],[Char]$date[6]
$arDay = [Char]$date[8],[Char]$date[9]
Then you are ready to go.
Thank you for sharing Kim!!!
Then there are some steps I need to take to execute the script:
Step 1: Installing PowerShell
I install it on my Vista-which-will-be-switched-to-Windows-7-tomorrow machine from this location:
https://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/management/powershell/download.mspx
(On my Windows 7 Beta 1 machine, PowerShell V2 is installed by default)
Step 2: Understanding how to run PowerShell scripts
I find out about how to run PowerShell scripts from this article: https://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/topics/winpsh/manual/run.mspx
Step 3: Running the script
I run Powershell in Administrator mode and change its execution policy to remotesigned.
I change the path in PowerShell by typing: cd ‘C:\Data\Afbeeldingen’ where I keep all my pictures.
I make sure I have the script saved in a file with extension ‘.ps1’. I save in location ‘c:\Temp’ for now.
I change the target directory in the script from ‘c:\organizedfotos\’ to ‘d:\data\afbeeldingen\’.
I run the script by typing in Powershell the following command: c:\temp\organizeimages.ps1
As Kim says, this script then gives you a folder structure like this: folder per year and then folder per date.
- 2005
- 27-11-2005
- sinterklaas.jpg
- 2006
-…and so on
For me this is great.
It allows me to copy all my pictures to DVD’s per year and also this maps quite nicely to the way I browse images in Windows Live Photo Gallery which you can get here: https://get.live.com
(of course I could easily fix the script to also add the months to the folder structure).
Cheers,
Hans
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January 10, 2009
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