Removing files from folders - in bulk

[slipd]

Hi guys,

For a task at work I have approximately 20k folders with one, maybe up-to 5 files in them. I need them out of their current folder and moved into to a new directory for archiving. In most instances, just one level above. At the moment we're doing it manually...

Is there a script or anything out there that can add an option to the context menu (Windows 10) that would allow to say select all the folders and right-click, 'move contents' here?

Seems such a simple ask but if would save us all SO much time

Thanks.

 

[bledd]

xxcopy

I believe SG can flatten directories.

If you're struggling with it, let me know and I'll treat a script.


Should be able to do this using "for" also.

 

[Django x2]

Robocopy is more robust at this than xcopy. It can purge the files and directories too if required and you can multithread the concurrent file copy (ie, 8/16/32/64 files at a time) for example.