Vista - merge 100+ multiple folders into one! How? Robocopy? Xcopy?

edwardtilbury · 10-27-2008

Is there an easy way to merge 100 directories into a single directory? (without writing a long batch file)

I was thinking ROBOCOPY or XCOPY would do the trick..

I also tried using the search function of the file manager GUI in Vista, but after it found 1000+ files and tried to move them, it would just "hour glass" for 8+ hours.

11-18-2008

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>
> Is there an easy way to merge 100 directories into a single directory?
> (without writing a long batch file)
>
> I was thinking ROBOCOPY or XCOPY would do the trick..
>
> I also tried using the search function of the file manager GUI in
> Vista, but after it found 1000+ files and tried to move them, it would
> just "hour glass" for 8+ hours.

What your folders' configuration looks like? Is this: <pre>
Folder A
+- Folder B
| +- File 1
| +- File 2
+- Folder C
| +- File 3
| +- File 4
+- Folder D
. . . . . . .
</pre>, and you need File 1, File 4, etc "in Folder A\My new folder\"?
Then I think this commands would be of help:

md "My new folder"
for /D %i in (*) do move "%i\*" ".\My New Folder"

10-27-2008	#1 (permalink)
edwardtilbury Vista x64 1 posts	merge 100+ multiple folders into one! How? Robocopy? Xcopy? Is there an easy way to merge 100 directories into a single directory? (without writing a long batch file) I was thinking ROBOCOPY or XCOPY would do the trick.. I also tried using the search function of the file manager GUI in Vista, but after it found 1000+ files and tried to move them, it would just "hour glass" for 8+ hours.
My System Specs

11-18-2008	#2 (permalink)
st n/a posts	Re: merge 100+ multiple folders into one! How? Robocopy? Xcopy? "edwardtilbury" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> ÓÏÏÂÝÉÌ/ÓÏÏÂÝÉÌÁ × ÎÏ×ÏÓÔÑÈ ÓÌÅÄÕÀÝÅÅ: news:ae53d0e51a15da66b458d2290b121b1f@xxxxxx-gateway.com... Quote: > > Is there an easy way to merge 100 directories into a single directory? > (without writing a long batch file) > > I was thinking ROBOCOPY or XCOPY would do the trick.. > > I also tried using the search function of the file manager GUI in > Vista, but after it found 1000+ files and tried to move them, it would > just "hour glass" for 8+ hours. What your folders' configuration looks like? Is this: <pre> Folder A +- Folder B \| +- File 1 \| +- File 2 +- Folder C \| +- File 3 \| +- File 4 +- Folder D . . . . . . . </pre>, and you need File 1, File 4, etc "in Folder A\My new folder\"? Then I think this commands would be of help: md "My new folder" for /D %i in () do move "%i\" ".\My New Folder"
My System Specs

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