Following situation:
X:\PDF\Attachments\Folder1\Folder2\Folder3\Filename.ext
Files in folder3 have been renamed adding folder1-name to the file name.
Folder 2 and Folder 3 are in fact empty.
I'd like to have the files move to Folder1
Going into each individual Folder 3 and move them from there is quite a workload (many folders)
Is there an easy way to, let's say, go into 'Files only" view and, one way or the other, move them all to Folder1 in one go?
A few ways you could do this, but maybe the easiest would be to use Tools > Find Files > Advanced to make a list of all the files you want to move, then drag them to the folder.
Thanks for the quick reply. Before proceeding and checking out how it all works: one of the reasons for the 'reorganizing' are the path lengths, exceeding 260-270 or more. Some are 360. Stored email attachments.
(Path: X:\attachments\domain\sender\message title\message title [date][time].ext)
Will this all also work with long paths.
Just to make sure, this is the idea.
Files should not be stored in all in 1 folder, i.e. Attachments and Domain (Folder1) should remain.
I sometimes rename files to ..\*.* to move them up one level and renaming them to ..\..\*.* moves them up two levels. And I sometimes combine that with other rename operations (Macros) to make rename and "bring up" on many files in one move. ..\{parent} moves a file up one level and names it like the folder, but keeping the extension. Very clever when you have single, "encrypted" filenames in a folder.