Trying to move a lot of files out and up one directory

2StepSteve · 11 May 2007 at 17:04

Hi all

I have multiple folders in a directory, inside them folders are files... I would like to move all them files from those folders up one directory so they are all together. It would take far too long doing it manually there are too many folders.

Im guessing a batch file would be needed? Im no DOS whizz though, can anyone help? or point me to a program that will do it.

Thanks!

Sirrel Squirrel · 11 May 2007 at 17:08

Download this program:

http://www.den4b.com/downloads.php?project=ReNamer

Drag all the folders into it and all the files will appear, then highlight all the files (ctrl+a) and cut them just using ctrl+x, then in windows go to the folder you want and paste the files.

2StepSteve · 11 May 2007 at 17:13

Woo thanks for that Sirrel Squirrel! Works like a charm

thanks a lot

Sirrel Squirrel · 11 May 2007 at 17:19

Pleased to help, I had to do a similar thing at work, I thought no way was I going to do it manually so spent a couple of hours searching for something to do it for me lol.

2StepSteve · 11 May 2007 at 17:38

Its an amazingly simple thing to want to do isn't it just be able to control lots of files in folders! abit of a joke that windows doesn't have anything built in for it.. lol same here id not be a happy person manually cutting and pasting every file

Cheers again for the share, its very powerful little program just used the rename feature aswell :cool:

bledd · 11 May 2007 at 17:38

what i'd do..

do a search for *.* in c:\foldername\

it'll show results like...

c:\foldername\folder1\file.txt
c:\foldername\folder2\file2.txt

select all the files in the search results and copy + paste them to say C:\foldertest (for now -incase there are multiple files with the same name)

2StepSteve · 11 May 2007 at 17:50

bledd. said:
what i'd do..

do a search for *.* in c:\foldername\

it'll show results like...

c:\foldername\folder1\file.txt
c:\foldername\folder2\file2.txt

select all the files in the search results and copy + paste them to say C:\foldertest (for now -incase there are multiple files with the same name)

haha! ahhh yeah! that would do it lol.. for some reason never crossed my mind doing it like that

marc2003 · 11 May 2007 at 18:17

what's wrong with windows search? *.*

or am i missing something? :confused:

LeperousDust · 11 May 2007 at 19:07

marc2003 said:
what's wrong with windows search? *.*

or am i missing something?

It just searches "anything" . "anything", the asterix being a symbol anything...

If you wanted files of the same name and different extensions you'd search:
filename.* or the opposite way round if you wanted just batch files:
*.bat

etc...

marc2003 · 11 May 2007 at 19:39

LeperousDust said:
It just searches "anything" . "anything", the asterix being a symbol anything...

If you wanted files of the same name and different extensions you'd search:
filename.* or the opposite way round if you wanted just batch files:
*.bat

etc...

i think you misunderstood my post.

LeperousDust · 11 May 2007 at 20:15

marc2003 said:
i think you misunderstood my post.

I'm guessing you missed bledd.'s then?

marc2003 · 11 May 2007 at 20:37

ah you got me there.

i still don't know why you posted what you did, you could have just pointed out what you did just then.

Sirrel Squirrel · 12 May 2007 at 17:47

marc2003 said:
what's wrong with windows search? *.*

or am i missing something?

If I'd known you could do that I would have told him

BoomAM · 13 May 2007 at 11:36

bledd. said:
what i'd do..

do a search for *.* in c:\foldername\

it'll show results like...

c:\foldername\folder1\file.txt
c:\foldername\folder2\file2.txt

select all the files in the search results and copy + paste them to say C:\foldertest (for now -incase there are multiple files with the same name)

Ditto.
Thats what i would have done.

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