Copy files from search with a bit of path...

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Copy files from search with a bit of path...

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hmm yes I know this might sound weird, but I was wondering if there couln't be a way to copy files from a search with "a bit" of their path.

This would probably only work when the search path is indeed ONE path only, but here's the idea:
- I run a search on D:\Folder for some files (ie. created/modified in the past week)
- I'd like to be able to copy them somewhere else, let's say D:\NewFolder, but I want to keep the folder structure. I mean I dont want all fhe files to be in D:\NewFolder but within their subdirs as they are in D:\Folder

I dont think there's any way to do it right now, I can only create the empty folders (using the right-drag&drop) and I have to copy each file into the right folder manually.
(or I could copy the whole folder and do an "opposite search" to remove files, but I dont really like that & that's not so good when the original folder has a lot of files (that are a lot of space)

So if there was an option that would make it so when I copy results into D:\NewFolder, a file D:\Folder\Sub\AnotherSub\file.ext would automaticly be copied into D:\NewFolder\Sub\AnotherSub (since search path was D:\NewFolder) that'd be awesome! :D

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jacky wrote:So if there was an option that would make it so when I copy results into D:\NewFolder, a file D:\Folder\Sub\AnotherSub\file.ext would automaticly be copied into D:\NewFolder\Sub\AnotherSub (since search path was D:\NewFolder) that'd be awesome! :D
Oh, it is there since the year 2000! A wonderful and most underrated feature (no user ever talked to me about it!); check the Help file for "Rich Copy"! Or simple drag your find results to the target folder and click ...
uh, where is it??? :shock: ...
... okay, read the help file, later I'll see where the "Rich Copy Here" command has gone. :?

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Got it! It must have been gone for months and nobody noted it (not even myself) -- sigh! :cry: Such a nice command! Anyway, it's back and to your service (upload in a minute...). :D

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Re: Copy files from search with a bit of path...

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admin wrote:Oh, it is there since the year 2000! A wonderful and most underrated feature
:shock: damn, I didn't know it was already there! Just tried it, works perfect! :D And yes it IS another one of the wonderful & amazing features of XY !! :D
Thanks!!

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