This operation will interrupt the user only with a query about replacement of any duplicate files. This takes advantage of a Windows 8 feature where copy-pasting folders of the same name will cause an automatic merge operation. Window will spot the empty “Data” folder you just made, and merge in all the pasted “Data” folders. Paste them into the top level of your target folder set. Shift-select the results (they should be all the sub-folders named “Data”), then right-click to copy them.ĥ.
Keyword-search for “Data” using Windows Explorer, and constrain the search to just your target folders.Ĥ. Make a new empty folder there called “Data”, to sit high among the ResultsSet1, ResultsSet2, ResultsSet3 etc folders.ģ.
Then open up Windows Explorer and go to the top-level view for your target folders.Ģ. Each sub-folder should follow along and also be merged with its brethren.ġ. You want to extract and merge just the “Data” folders.
You have a folder structure that looks something like this:
How to easily merge multiple folders of the same name, using only Windows Explorer.
