DClutter for Windows 1.0.0

DClutter for Windows 1.0.0 — Swipe to clean your files, on Windows

DClutter started on the Mac. People asked for it on Windows, so here it is:
the same one-file-at-a-time way through a Downloads folder full of undecided
files, rebuilt for Windows. It has every feature of the macOS app, 1.1.0, and
works the way Windows does.

What's in it

• One file at a time, most actionable first. Files are ranked by the same
  scoring as on macOS: size, how stale they are, whether they came from a
  download, redundant copies, and archives you already extracted. Both apps
  check that ranking against the same shared test cases.
• Keep, Stage, Skip, File, Rename. Stage marks a file for trash, and
  nothing is deleted until you review the list and confirm. Even then it goes
  to the Recycle Bin, never straight to deletion, and DClutter refuses to
  delete anything on drives without one, such as network shares. File moves a
  file into one of up to three folders right away. Rename it with ↓ or F2.
• Everything can be undone, including moves and renames, and the session
  picks up where you left off after you close the app. Each folder you sort
  keeps its own session. Start Over returns a folder's files to undecided
  and moves the files you filed back.
• Previews like File Explorer's: videos, PowerPoint slides, folder
  contents, and the first page of every PDF, even without a PDF reader
  installed.
• Touchpad swipes: two fingers right to keep, left to stage. Swipe up,
  slide across and let go to file into a folder. You can also drag the card
  with a mouse or a finger.
• Keyboard first: → ← Space ↑ 1–3 Ctrl+Z and more. Hold an
  arrow to move through files at a pace you set in Settings (Ctrl+,).

Made for Windows

• Download sources come from Windows' own "downloaded from the internet"
  marker on each file.
• Windows doesn't reliably record when a file was last opened, so cards show
  when it was modified instead, and ranking uses that.
• Filing never overwrites anything. A name that's taken gets numbered the way
  File Explorer does: Report (2).pdf.
• A file another app has open gets a moment to be released, and if it's still
  open, DClutter tells you which app has it.
• Touchpad swipes read the touchpad itself, so a swipe starts when your
  fingers touch and ends when they lift, as on the Mac. Windows' own scrolling
  can't tell an app either of those things.

Install

Download DClutter_1.0.0_x64-setup.exe and run it. Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit.
An .msi is also attached for managed installs.

The installer isn't code-signed yet, so Windows SmartScreen will probably say
"Windows protected your PC". Click More info, then Run anyway. It installs
for your account only and needs no administrator rights. The
README explains why the
warning appears, and how to build the app yourself instead.

Known limits

• No automatic updates yet. New versions will be posted on the Releases page.
• A file too big for the Recycle Bin can't be recycled. In that case Windows
  shows its own "permanently delete?" warning rather than DClutter deleting it
  silently.
• Swipes work best on a precision touchpad, which most laptops from the last
  several years have. On other touchpads, a short pause ends each swipe, and
  the shelf moves one folder per swipe instead of following your fingers.