Move files up 1 folder level

gerbear1 · 22-03-2010 5:47pm #1

Here's my problem. I have a list of maybe 30 or 40 folders. Each of them have 1 other folder inside them i.e. when you open one of the folders you will have to open another folder after that to see the files you want. But I want to move the files all up a level.

e.g. I have file \folder1\folder2\myfile but I want it to be \folder1\myfile.

I know I can just cut and paste the file up one level but when I have a lot of folders to go through, I'm wondering is there a quicker way to do this in bulk?

Cheers.

woolymammoth · 22-03-2010 10:29pm

honestly, you'd be longer figuring out a way to do it automatically, than you would be doing it manually! :pac:

but i'd probably still try to do it automatically myself!

Capt'n Midnight · 23-03-2010 1:11am

to copy files in ONE folder to a higher one
move *.* ..

you would need to write a script but be careful as it could keep copying files till all are in one folder

if you want all files in one folder - do a find / search, select all and drag / drop to the one folder

use dir /b /ad > up.bat to get a list of folders and then edit it to look like

move \folder1\folder2\ ..

Move files up 1 folder level

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