Move all files in sub-folders top folder?

How to move all files in sub-folders to top folder?
For example, there are many files store in the sub-folders:
D:\a\b\\g
How to move all files to D:\a?

Sub folders are a,b,c,d,e,f,g

If file's name is the same, just overwrite.

Edited by hamluis, 16 August 2024 - 01:13 PM.
Merged 3 posts - Hamluis.

IOW, you want all the files in only one (1) folder, which is "a", correct?

Easy. Just enter each folder, one by one (b-g).

In each folder, hi-light the first file, hold down shift and click on the last file in the list. 

R-click anywhere in the list, choose copy.

Now R-click on the A folder, Paste.

If there are identical file names, Windows will ask you if you want to overwrite the existing file, select "yes".

Do that for all folders b-g. When all are complete, just delete folders b-g and now you have only one folder (a) with all your files in it.

You should also remember that even though 2 files might have identical names, that doesn't mean they are the same. So you'll have to compare them before you delete one

See a possible solution here:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/copy-multiple-files-from-subfolders-to-single/60375efe-426b-42b8-8048-30a7d94847c6

 

It will take a lot of time.

Why? How much time does it take to select and copy?  With the time you have spent already on this in BC, you could have had it done by now.

Did you read my post carefully?  You can select and copy all the files in each folder at the same time, not just each file by itself.

Edited by ranchhand_, 17 August 2024 - 03:31 PM.

Using the FOR command (as referenced by Bleepin' Cynic) should work.

One optimization: instead of using the COPY command, use the MOVE command instead.

(Since you're moving files within the same file system, MOVE is faster because it only has to update athe location of each file -- vs. updating the location AND creating another copy of each file's data)