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Can't get 'Flatten Folder' to work?

Posted: 06 Feb 2026 18:43
by chumbo
it used to work, don't understand what happened?
I do what I always did: select a number folders, right-click, choose 'Flatten Folder' and voilĂ !

Re: Can't get 'Flatten Folder' to work?

Posted: 06 Feb 2026 21:44
by highend
Works with a single folder as usual (and in general never worked for multiple folders, only the first one)...

Re: Can't get 'Flatten Folder' to work?

Posted: 06 Feb 2026 22:01
by chumbo
Hmm...I'm pretty sure I was able to do multiple folders before (almost certain in fact).Anyway, for now, even with one folder, it doesn't work:

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Re: Can't get 'Flatten Folder' to work?

Posted: 06 Feb 2026 22:33
by highend
You're flattening TEST in ..\TEST and TEST contains one file afterwards. So where is the problem here?
Animation.gif

Re: Can't get 'Flatten Folder' to work?

Posted: 06 Feb 2026 22:54
by chumbo
Uh...that was a bit confusing. All I can say is that 'Flatten Folder' has zero effect. It doesn't change anything.
I start with this folder structure:
/TEST/TEST/Test.pdf
I click 'Flatten Folder' and I get....
/TEST/TEST/Test.pdf

It didn't change anything (and from what I can tell, that's exactly what's happening in your gif as well. The child 'temp' folder doesn't get deleted)

Admittedly, having everything named TEST is confusing...sorry! :biggrin:


So let's imagine I had named them more appropriately....
/PARENT/CHILD/File.pdf

from running the 'Flatten Folder' on CHILD, I was expecting:
PARENT/File.pdf

Re: Can't get 'Flatten Folder' to work?

Posted: 06 Feb 2026 23:00
by highend
/TEST/TEST/
does not have any subfolders that could be flattened so ofc nothing happens here^^

Do it with /TEST and it would look like what you're expecting!

Re: Can't get 'Flatten Folder' to work?

Posted: 06 Feb 2026 23:39
by chumbo
YES!! Great, thanks (sorry for my ignorance :veryconfused: )