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| Thread ID: 143056 | 2016-11-10 00:50:00 | How to automatically organise a whole bunch of files | Tony (4941) | Press F1 |
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| 1428608 | 2016-11-10 00:50:00 | I have acquired several hundred files, in many nested and sibling folders. What I would like to do is to move them all into one folder. I realize I could do it all manually but the folder structure is so convoluted that the chances of me missing one or more are fairly high. Does anyone know of a tool/procedure where I can say "Please take folder1 and all the subfolders and put all the files into Folder2? There may be duplicate filenames in the whole shebang as well. |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 1428609 | 2016-11-10 04:00:00 | I usually script tasks like this but maybe there is another way. If you recursively search for all files within that directory it should give you every file, then select all, cut and paste. I don't think windows prompts you to rename files, so you will need to skip those ones and fix them up later. The problem here is it prevents leaving it unattended. |
Kame (312) | ||
| 1428610 | 2016-11-10 06:08:00 | I'd be making a copy first, just in case something doesn't quite work out. | Driftwood (5551) | ||
| 1428611 | 2016-11-10 06:21:00 | I presume my problem would be similar. Wifey has now come onto full Super and the files that are relevant, will be copied into one heading onto an obsolete 3.5 floppy, just in case WINZ catches up with us. There also hundreds of photos of family and g/children all over the place, which need to parked up somewhere. The program Everything as shown does a pretty good job of fetching things. There are sure to be duplicates as well which will need to be eliminated. lurking |
Lurking (218) | ||
| 1428612 | 2016-11-10 07:40:00 | Sounds interesting - do you have a website/download link? Update: I found the website - Voidtools, right? It looks like it doesn't actually do what I want. It will find files all over the place, but I know where all the files are - I need to be able to automatically copy all the files in those folders and subfolders to a different (single) location. |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 1428613 | 2016-11-10 07:42:00 | I'd be making a copy first, just in case something doesn't quite work out. Oh yes. |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 1428614 | 2016-11-10 08:06:00 | https://everything.en.softonic.com/ | Lurking (218) | ||
| 1428615 | 2016-11-10 08:13:00 | everything.en.softonic.com resists access to that sight citing malware risks. Also see my post a little earlier. | Tony (4941) | ||
| 1428616 | 2016-11-10 21:14:00 | Ublock resists access to that sight citing malware risks. Also see my post a little earlier. Sorry Tony, should have looked at my Everything help for the right link. lurking. |
Lurking (218) | ||
| 1428617 | 2016-11-12 05:05:00 | Open a Search window on the uppermost folder in the chain. Search for *.* (all files). Select All Copy Paste into target folder. Manage filename collisions if they occur during the paste. |
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