move all files in a folder and all it's subfolders into one big folder - windows xp

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Zaphod Beeblebrox picture Zaphod Beeblebrox · Jun 7, 2011 · Viewed 10.7k times · Source

I have a folder c:\downloads\ffme and inside it there are loads of subfolders with various amounts of files in each of them.

I want to consolidate all those individual files into one big folder, removing them from their subfolders on the way. I want to end up with a folder with loads of files in it, but no subfolders. How can I do this?

thanks

Answer

ic3b3rg picture ic3b3rg · Jun 7, 2011

The easiest way would be w/o a cmd... just open the folder in Windows Explorer and search for *.*, then select everything except the subfolders and drag/drop or cut/paste to the desired location.

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