TimeFold v1.0.5

📅 Daily Organization & Nested Day Templates

• Nested Daily Formats: Added 3-level date folder structures (Year / Month / Day, Year / ISO Month / Day, and ISO Date).
• Flexible Ordering: Full support for standard and flipped orders (e.g., Day / Month / Year) and short month names.
• Improved Preview: Live Multi-Folder Preview now accurately displays consecutive days (01, 02, 03, 04).
• Structured Menu: Reorganized date format templates into clear, intuitive categories (Year, Month, Day, and Quarter/Half-Year).

🔗 Shortcuts & Web Links Categorization

• Separated shortcut files into dedicated categories:
  • Shortcuts: .lnk
  • Web Links: .url, .website

🚀 Distribution

• Direct standalone TimeFold.exe binary available for download (no installation or extraction needed).

TimeFold v1.0.4

🌟 New Features & Enhancements

• Smart Auto-Fit Columns

  • The file preview table now automatically calculates optimal column widths for file names, target timeline folders, and timestamps so text is never cut off or clipped.

• 🛡️ Windows-Standard Folder Isolation (Folder (1))

  • 100% Data Safety: Existing folders in your destination (e.g. Office Files) are preserved completely untouched in-place.
  • Single Unified Output: Incoming files for colliding categories are neatly grouped into a single new Office Files (1) folder containing all your date subfolders (2026, 2025, etc.) without spawning duplicate (2), (3), (4) folders.

• ⚡ Real-Time Collision Warnings

  • Toggling options like Create 'Sorted_...' Subfolder or Use Source Folder as Destination immediately updates collision alerts in real time.
  • The conflict dialog clearly displays the exact target path (e.g. Office Files (1)\2026) and explicitly confirms that your original folder remains untouched.

• 🔄 Auto-Fresh Disk Scan

  • Clicking Start Organization now performs a instant live re-scan of your folder, ensuring any files added or modified in Explorer while TimeFold was open are caught accurately.

• 🎨 Improved Preferences & Completion Flow

  • Persistent Options & Defaults: All option checkboxes (Use Source as Output, Create Sorted Subfolder, Include Folders) persist across app restarts and cleanly reset when using Reset to Defaults.
  • Clear Completion Screen: Redesigned completion view featuring a prominent green Open Output Folder primary button alongside Organize Another and Exit.

TimeFold v1.0.3

New feature: 2-level Year folder structures

TimeFold now supports organizing files into a Year → Sub-period two-level hierarchy. Under the new Year group in Date Naming Template:

• Year / Month — 2026 \ March (short: 2026 \ Mar)
• Year / Year & Month — 2026 \ 2026 March (flippable, short month supported)
• Year / ISO Month — 2026 \ 2026-03 (flippable)
• Year / Year & Quarter — 2026 \ 2026 Q1 (flippable)
• Year / Year & Half — 2026 \ 2026 H1 (flippable)

TimeFold v1.0.2

• 🗂️ Smart Categories & Hybrid Modes: Organize files into intuitive categories (Images, Documents, Video, Audio, Code, 3D, Archives), by file extension, or 2-level hybrid folders (Category / Date and Date / Category).
• ⚙️ Custom Type Rules: Remap extensions, create custom categories, and add custom folder prefixes & suffixes with live table updates.
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Full Changelog: v1.0.1...v1.0.2

TimeFold v1.0.1

⚡ Improvements & Bug Fixes

• Full-Dataset Sorting: Sorting by Modified Date, Created Date, Name, Type, or Size now sorts the entire in-memory master list (handling 100,000+ files in ~15ms) before rendering, guaranteeing the true newest or oldest files surface immediately even with pagination active.
• Preview Scrollbar Fix: Corrected preview table z-order and docking to prevent the bottom "Load More" panel from clipping the vertical scrollbar and down-arrow.
• Default Sort: Default initial preview scan now displays newest modified files first (▼).

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Full Changelog: v1.0.0...v1.0.1

TimeFold v1.0.0

🚀 TimeFold v1.0.0 — Initial Release

Organize messy, freezing folders into clean, date-sorted archives in one click.

Welcome to the first official release of TimeFold! Designed to solve cluttered directories like Downloads, Screenshots, and Photos without freezing Windows Explorer.

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✨ Smart Date Organization

• Intelligent Date Detection: Select date source from Date Modified, Date Created, or Earliest Date (oldest timestamp).
• Flexible Naming Templates: Sort by Monthly (2026 March), ISO 8601 (2026-03), Daily (2026 March 15), Quarterly (2026 Q1), Half-Year (2026 H1), or Year Only (2026).
• Custom Prefix & Suffix: Prepend or append text (e.g., Photos_2026 March_Archive).
• Format Modifiers: One-click toggles for order flipping (Month Year vs Year Month) and short month abbreviations (Mar).
• Live Folder Preview: Real-time multi-folder preview card in Preferences shows sample folder structures before moving.
• Include Loose Folders: Option to move top-level folders alongside files or organize files only.
• System File Shield: Automatically protects and skips Windows system files (desktop.ini, Thumbs.db, $RECYCLE.BIN).

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🛡️ 100% Non-Destructive & Safe

• Interactive Grid Preview: Inspect every file, timestamp, and destination path before making changes.
• Zero Overwrite Guarantee: Automatic collision handling appends incremental suffixes (_1, _2) if a file already exists.
• CSV Audit Log: Generates a timestamped CSV report recording every moved file and path for full traceability.
• In-Place or Custom Routing: Organize files directly in the source folder or route to an external drive.
• Container Protection: Groups each run into a dated container folder with 12-hour or 24-hour timestamp support.

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⚡ Performance & Scale

• 100,000+ File Engine: Optimized virtualization handles tens of thousands of items smoothly without UI lag or memory bloat.
• Configurable Limits: Adjust preview limits from 1,000 to 100,000 items.
• Duplicate Timestamp Warning: Automatically detects and alerts when files share identical timestamps (e.g. downloaded ZIPs).
• Background Worker: Non-blocking organization with real-time progress bar and cancellation support.

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🎨 Modern Fluent UI

• Light & Dark Modes: Instant live switching between Clean Classic (Light) and Fluent Slate (Dark) with native Windows title bar sync.
• Interactive Welcome Tour: 5-step onboarding guide with an on-slide theme selector on Step 1.
• Drag & Drop: Drop any folder directly onto the window to begin organizing immediately.
• Recent Folders: Quick-access menu for recently sorted directories.

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📦 Download Options (Windows x64)

Package	Size	Description
TimeFold-v1.0.0-win-x64-ReadyToRun.zip	~49 MB	Recommended. Fully standalone .exe (no .NET installation required).
TimeFold-v1.0.0-win-x64-RequiresDotNet10.zip	~1.2 MB	Lightweight .exe (requires .NET 10 Desktop Runtime).

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