batch file copy files from subfolders to another location

It does NOT Move the folders, it Copies the contents of the folders from the Source to the Target, ignoring ANY files that ALREADY exist and have NOT been updated since the LAST time it was run. I do appreciate the reply, and I see that would be a really useful batch file for shifting whole bunches of folders around. but for me, the source and target folders will always be the same, so I want to be able to 'embed' those paths on the batch file. It also makes me select the source and target folder each time. It moves all the folders from the source folder to the target folder, but what I want to do is move only those folders I select in the source folder. Thank you for this reply, but it doesn't quite do what I expected. Ultimately, I would like to be able to execute the batch file with a keypress so that it functions like the delete key except that it sends the folders to the Reserve folder instead of the Recycle Bin.Ĭan anyone spot if I have made some obvious error on that script. If I replace 'Copy' with 'Move' it doesn't work at all. I cannot figure out how to get it to copy them within their folders inot the Reserve folderĢ. It copies the files from within the folders (not the folders themselves) and dump all those files together Reserve folder. It sort of works but there are two problems with itġ. What I do is select the folders I want to move/copy, then Right -Click > SendTo > Extract2Reserve.bat What I am trying to do is make a batch file that will move folders that I have highlghted with a mouse, form the location where they are to a location specified in the batch file.

Batch file copy files from subfolders to another location