compared folders based on size - even if names are different

[Lutz]

BTW on Lutz's method - every time I align with the session refreshes - 7-11 mins - inoperable

You can first scan the whole comparision for getting folder sizes. Then turn off "Automatically scan subfolders in background" to prevent time consuming rescan after every alignment.

Another question:
Are the top level folder names stable? If not my suggestions may be useless.

Greetings Lutz

[Mr_and_Mrs_D]

Thanks for the suggestions. I've compiled them into our Customer Wishlist. We do not offer a way to do this currently.

Your comparison taking 7-11 minutes to regain responsiveness is a bit unexpected. As suggested, this may mean you are low on resources. How many top level folders do you currently need to align? One suggestion would be to align some of them as their own base folders. This would "fix" the alignment of that level, and would make the comparison smaller and more manageable. Does doing a smaller compare make the program more responsive for you?

Forget about the times - old machine 2000+ top level folders

About the Wishlist - there are 2 items :
1) Ability to compare (therefore align) folders/files based on size &&\|| CRC fully - that is not counting filtered files from folders and everything. Duplicate cleaner (a nice little freebie) has the ability to compare files based just on size or CRC - have a look.
2) Ability to compare folders as files ! With 1) this would give the ability to scan for duplicate folders (with possibly different names, irrelevant files in them etc) - a possibility NOT offered by any app in Windoz currently AFAIK.

You can first scan the whole comparision for getting folder sizes. Then turn off "Automatically scan subfolders in background" to prevent time consuming rescan after every alignment.

Another question:
Are the top level folder names stable? If not my suggestions may be useless.

Not that stable (uniform) - wrote an ahk script to do the renames - align with was not an option finally - but thanks anyway

#SingleInstance, Force

!^9::
send {f2}
sleep 200
send {end}
sleep 200
send {backspace}
sleep 200
;pause
send {enter}
sleep 200
send {Up 2}
sleep 200
send {f2}
sleep 200
send {end}
sleep 200
send -1
sleep 200
; pause
send {enter}
sleep 200
send {down}
sleep 200
send {f2}
sleep 200
send {end}
sleep 200
send {backspace}
sleep 200
; pause
send {enter}
sleep 200
return

[Lutz]

Not that stable (uniform) - wrote an ahk script to do the renames - align with was not an option finally - but thanks anyway

To clarify: Do the folder names change over time (data\timestamp -> data\new timestamp or export\title -> export\new title or timestamp/title-combinations)?

If not, you only have to do the work once and then store all alignments in the BC session.

Greetings Lutz