Questions tagged [files-folders]
Questions regarding files and folders can be tagged with this. Examples include questions about special files, hidden files, their folder counterparts, and etc. This is not a tag for shared folders, file sharing, and the like.
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Deleting empty folders inside a folder for iTunes Media cleanup (Mac)
My iTunes library has some time ago split up into two locations and now I want to merge them, but before I do so I want to clean up the folders. In the iTunes Media list, there are artist folders, ...
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7zip how to copy file from zip to another zip
In 7zip with 2 panel view, I have 2 different zips open on both sides. I can drag and drop one file from inside the zip on the left side inside the right hand side zip file but it only preserves the ...
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How to add file inside folder of a zip
How do I add a file/folder in a zip file that isn't in the root folder? For example in
test.zip\parent test folder\folder1
and I want to add test1.txt inside the \folder1 of the zip file?
I am using ...
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How does Notepad++ understands "last used directory" term?
For the term of "last used directory" in Notepad++ I have these questions:
What is the exact meaning of in?
Exactly which directory will be taken as that each time?
When exactly Notepad++ ...
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Tangled up file paths trying to take Desktop off of OneDrive
So, I don’t like that my desktop folder is in OneDrive. It messed with the performance of my old PC, and I was able to change where the desktop folder lived on my old one without issue.
I now have a ...
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How can I input from a file to step thru it as a filesystem
I have a file that has a listing of files/folders with the full paths. I'm looking for a way to be able to run thru this as if it was a filesystem.
I attached a small part of this file (the original ...
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how to limit the text length of folder/files names in thumbnail view
In thumbnails view, the folders/files' name text wraps to a maximum of 4 lines.
Is there a way to limit it to only one line?
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File Explorer folders become unresponsive in Windows 10
When I'm working on something, I usually have 3-4 Windows File Explorer folders open at the same time, minimized down. I then hover on the File Explorer icon on the Taskbar at bottom which shows the ...
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How can I make the view mode of folders on a usb drive the same on different computers?
For example, the drive letter of a usb drive is H:\. I set the view mode of a folder on this drive to list. When I change the drive letter, the view mode of this folder will not be list anymore. I ...
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How to move subfolders from folders with different name to parent
I'm using Pop OS and want to move all files in each one of these folders to the parent. How do I do it quickly?
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Moving all pwd contents to pwd's parent directory?
Another user asked about this and I'm looking for clarification because apparently I can't comment until I have 50 pts.
One of the given answers for moving everything(including hidden items) up a ...
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Run batch file in over 100 subfolders of a parent directory
I have to specify that am literally 3 days into scripting and batching. I have a hard time understanding many functions and there variations.
The batch script below should allow me to export .shp ...
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Move multiple files by the date in file name into month named folders using a batch file script
@ECHO ON
SET "Src=H:\Trial\Testing"
SET "Dest=H:\Trial\Testing"
FOR /F "USEBACKQ TOKENS=1 DELIMS=- " %%A IN (`DIR /B "%Src%\*.pdf"`) DO (
IF NOT EXIST &...
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Adding System Folders to This PC on Windows 11
I just reset my computer to attempt to fix another unrelated issue, and the Desktop, Downloads, Documents, Pictures, Music, and Videos folders were removed from This PC where they had previously ...
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Apply sorting to multiple folders in Explorer
Right now if I open a folder with pictures on Windows Explorer, I can apply the sorting I need on it for example by Date or by Name, Ascending and Descending. That setting applies only to said folder. ...
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How to keep new Folders from going to the top of my column on Mac Desktop
I'm sure there is a pretty simple answer to this, but whenever I'm creating a new folder on my mac desktop it's appearing at the top of my column of folders and therefore shifting everything down. How ...
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Transferring Large Folder from Phone to Windows PC
My partner has about 50Gb of photos in a single folder on her Android phone and we need to clear some space. When connected to my Windows 10 machine, the folder takes about 10 mins to list. Then when ...
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Trying to end a process that is blocking me from deleting a folder
For the past couple days, I've been trying to end a process (ACORIGINS.exe) that is keeping me from deleting a folder (Ubisoft) that I wish to delete. Every time I try deleting the folder, it says ...
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Keep a folder clean of duplicates
I have a folder (my downloads) that i use a lot. I frequently download the same thing multiple times when working with images, because saving another copy is actually quicker than checking the folder ...
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Having difficulty with installing Stable Diffusion on an Apple M1 Max laptop
Recently, I heard that Stable Diffusion 2.0 had been released, and naturally because I have an M1 Max, and rarely get to really use the graphics power for fun stuff, I decided instead of using the SD ...
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How to deny all permissions except read & execute to a folder for a user, using 'icacls' command?
We would like to change the permission of the folder which currently has full permission to a user with the parent inheritance with the full permission. I would like to apply 'Deny' permission to the ...
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How did I get "Windows Input Experience" folder in my Downloads folder?
I see a random folder on my downloads folder called Downloads/Windows Input Experience
I did not create this. I quickly did a search. I think it is something to do with the On screen keyboard which I ...
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Why do the "<" and ">" characters seem to corrupt Windows folders?
I was watching FlyTech's video, and when he made a pair illegal folders (one named "<" and the other named ">"), it made Windows think the folder containing them was ...
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Robocopy: Copy all files in subdirectories within parent folder to a new folder
I've done some googling and although this seems to be a pretty straightforward process I have been unable to find code that works.
I have a folder with several sub-folders and sub-folders within them ...
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Why do I have 2 documents folder in Windows 11?
I have two asynchronous documents folder in Windows 11.
One C:\users\jakob\Documents with my documents from OneDrive (this is the one t"Documents" in the explorer menu to the left links to) ...
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File location, not the same as folder path. Video file do not play. Using Windows 10
Edition Windows 10 Pro
Version 21H2
Installed on 6/15/2022
OS build 19044.2006
Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 120.2212.4180.0
Secondary hard drive "D:" the one with ...
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How can I determine if a directory is in use
During a desktop application reinstall or update, I need to ensure the application's resources are not open or currently being used.
Using a batch file, I'm trying to determine if a directory is open ...
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Why 7Plus is not working in my windows 10?
7Plus is useful to create New Text Document on Windows 10 Explorer using custom keyboard shortcut. But 7Plus is difficult to open now, why?
It open and stay in the system tray for a few seconds, and ...
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Change the storage location of a WSL2
I would like to know how I can change the location where I store the folder that contains the information of a Debian WSL2 container. According to the Microsoft Doc it is located in
C:\Users\<...
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Inherit a folder's CONTENTS, with override?
So, this is going to be a total longshot, I know... but is there any way to have a folder inherit the contents of another folder, but also be able to add additional items of it's own, or override ...
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How to reset chosen folder type for a folder in Windows 10?
In Windows there are several types of folder templates: General Items, Documents, Pictures, Music, Videos. User can apply any of them to a folder.
I have a bunch of folders across the filesystem and I ...
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How to exec a python script when linux starts
I want to exec a python script when linux starts.
I made an executable of my python file with pyinstaller, but I have no idea in which folder I should move the executable. In init.d folder?
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How to copy folders from one directory to another directory with the folders overriting instead of merging?
I have two folders
- source
folderA
folderB
folderC
folderD
- destination
folderA
folderB
folderE
folderF
I want to, using powershell, copy all direct children of source, to destination and ...
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Windows 10 - Sort option acts differently between two folders
I have a folder where, when I sort my files by date modified descending, all the subfolders are at the bottom. Then, in another folder, it is also sorted by date modified descending, yet the ...
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I don't want Windows SYSTEM to be able to delete folder [closed]
Here is my problem:
I've got a folder with a "dekstop.ini" file inside and some files and folders inside too.
I've tried to make this folder undeletable by the security tab in property:
So, ...
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Typo3 - Folder "/" does not exist - Error
When I am in the backend in the filelist Module or want to link something, I get the error message: "#1314516810: Folder "/" does not exist." (see screenshot). The folder exists of ...
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How do I apply the acl permissions for ALL files (those in sub-directories too) without changing folder permissions?
Need to give new user acl permissions on linux server without changing existing chmod permissions. New user doesn't belong to any group and doesn't own files. User needs to be able to write and read ...
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Would moving files across folders and renaming folders many times affect the performance & speed of a hard drive?
To organize digital content, I move around files and folders many times (within the same external hard drive), as well as rename folders too. Would this affect the performance specially speed of the ...
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recursively delete a specific directory for each user in C:\Users
Would like to use powershell to loop through all C:\Users\* and delete all contents of a subdirectory...
Some users, but not all, use an app that creates cache files at:
C:\Users\UserName\AppData\...
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Recursively remove a character from folders in Windows
Given a folder structure:
---- folder1#name
--------- folder2#name
---- folder3#name
--------- folder4#name
------------ folder5#name
------------ folder6#name
------------ folder7#name
I want to ...
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Delete folders old than certain days [duplicate]
I want to delete some specified folders (named yyyy-mm-dd) with more than 10 days old but my script does not work. Please advise how to rectify it.
REM Remove Folders Old than 10 days
FORFILES /p “d:\...
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Cannot delete folder because it's not empty
I was trying to clean up the SoftwareDistribution folder on a virtualized server after some botched updates. Long story short - I now have a folder which seems to be empty but which I can't remove. ...
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How to change default new folder name without parentheses and spaces?
As you all know, when you make new folder, its name is New folder. If you add second folder, New folder (2). I want to change it with newnew and i have changed it successfully with registry changes(...
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Replacing characters in multiple folder and file names
I have a large movie library using Plex (Local Media Server) and have named multiple files in the wrong order. Plex will disregard square brackets when searching file names for a corresponding movie.
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Change folder name with the name between ( ) with powershell
I have a folder structure and in all the folders there is a part between ( ).
Like "folder example(12345)"
Now I must rename all the folders with the name that is between ( ).
So the result ...
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Batch script to create folder with date and subfolders
So I've managed to make a script that creates a folder with a date with the following:
@echo off
for /f "skip=1" %%i in ('wmic os get localdatetime') do if not defined fulldate set fulldate=%...
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Locked and then accidentally orphaned folders. How do I get them back to visible and accessible?
I have done a stupid thing and need help getting bailed out. I installed a file/folder lock app "EaseUS LockMyFile" (Windows 11 Home). I locked a couple of folders but wasn't happy with the ...
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How to restart explorer without losing open windows?
When I have to restart explorer.exe, usually I have many folders open, which get closed in the process. So is there a way to reopen these folders automatically after restarting explorer?
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How to get which folders are currently open in explorer?
The folders which are open are shown in taskmanager. Perhaps there is a way to access this information with batch or powershell or third party command-line?
I have also enabled the Restore previous ...
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Automated Removal of Duplicate Folders (and contents of same) [Linux or Windows]
I have a number of folders and files on a Linux box that have been duplicated in a particular manner. The first level of folders are user names. Under each user folder, there are multiple project ...
