Help me write a script to group files in windows.

Thank you, that's a better way to create the folder. But the real problem is: how do I tell Autohotkey that I want to move exactly those files that I have selected in explorer? I've tried with Send ^x ClipSave := ClipboardAll FileMove, %ClipSave%, new dir but it doesn't work.

Yeah, AutoHotkey is really awful with files on the clipboard. That ClipboardAll trick you're using is one they recommend, I know, but I've had limited success with it. This is largely because for some inane reason AutoHotkey likes to try to interpret the clipboard every time you reference in a script; as a result, the built-in variable "Clipboard" does not always correspond directly to the actual clipboard, and calling that variable tends to automatically perform conversions on it. That's not a big deal when you're dealing with plain text on the clipboard, but AutoHotkey can choke on full binary files and even images on the clipboard, or mess them up in unexpected or counter-intuitive ways. In this case, what you want most is to extract the file paths when the whole binary files themselves are placed on the clipboard through an in-explorer file select and copy. Since AutoHotkey is performing conversions on the clipboard whenever it's referenced, the trick is to perform the right conversion to extract those file paths and use them. Using the handy technique http://www.autohotkey.com/docs/misc/Clipboard.htm, this is some code that should do what you're hoping to do: Send,^c Loop, parse, clipboard, `n, `r { FileMove,%A_LoopField%,new dir }

(I've tested that in XP SP2, and it seems to work fine for me; your mileage may vary.)

(Also, part of the principle of wanting to do it that way is that the clipboard is not actually directly involved when you're cutting and pasting files in Explorer. What actually happens is that Explorer sees what you're trying to do and steps in and flips the inodes so that the file just moves; if Explorer actually took all the binary data from a file, copied it to the clipboard buffer, deleted it from its original location, copied it to the new location, and deleted it from the clipboard buffer - the way it usually does when you copy and paste - it would slow noticeably, because that's a really topheavy way to move files. But if you use AutoHotkey to try to manually copy files, you're forcing Explorer to perform the actual buffering and transfer of all that binary data. It's much more efficient just to extract the file paths so that you can use AutoHotkey's FileMove function; I guess you were already doing that a bit, though.)

So, here's the finished script. Thank you! @kindall: your method for getting the current path didn't work on my computer, but I've found a workaround.^!+n::; this script is bound to Ctrl+Alt+Shift+N ; (while Ctrl+Shift+N is create a new folder by default; (at least on win 7))Send ^c ;copy the files you selected to the clipboardWinGetTitle, thePath, A ;get current window's title; Remember to edit the folder preferences in Windows Explorer,; enabling "Show full path in titlebar"; here you choose the name of the new folderstheFirstFolder=%thePath%\NewFoldertheNewFolder=%theFirstFolder%; if a folder with the name you chose alread exists, ; append -- and a progressive numberIfExist %theFirstFolder%{ Loop { theNewFolder = %theFirstFolder%--%A_Index% IfNotExist %theNewFolder% { break } }}FileCreateDir, %theNewFolder% ;creates the new folder; for every file path in the clipboard...Loop, parse, clipboard, `n, `r{ ; check if it's a folder or a file FileGetAttrib, theAttributes, %A_LoopField% IfInString, theAttributes, D { ; get the name of the folder and move RegExMatch(A_LoopField,"\\([^\\]+)$",theMovingFolder) FileMoveDir,%A_LoopField%,%theNewFolder%\%theMovingFolder1% } else { ; move the file FileMove,%A_LoopField%,%theNewFolder% }}