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Old Aug 29, 2004 | 03:34 PM
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Combining Software

Is there any software out there that combines the info in a folder?

Ex:

Folder 1 is called Stuff has 1.txt, 2.txt, 3.txt in it.
Folder 2 is also called Stuff has 4.txt, 5.txt, 6.txt.

Is there any software out there or any way to make the info in Folder 2 copy to Folder 1 without overwriting the folder?

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Old Aug 29, 2004 | 03:38 PM
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Can you try using the command window? Try:

xcopy c:\folder1\*.* c:\folder2\
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Old Aug 29, 2004 | 03:43 PM
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Oh wait I read your post wrong, in your case, you need to:

xcopy c:\folder2\*.* c:\folder1\

I tried it out and it will copy everything in folder2 into folder1 without overwriting*.

(*) As long as you don't have two files with the same name. If more than one file has the same name, xcopy should prompt you to overwrite.
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Old Aug 29, 2004 | 03:44 PM
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If you have two folders of the same name, copy one to your clipboard and paste it in the same dir where the other folder is, and Windows will ask you if you wanna... do something, click "yes to all" and it'll only copy the files that don't exist. If you don't want to overwrite stuff, proceed similarly except read what the dialog says.
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Old Aug 29, 2004 | 03:52 PM
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the other great tool for that is robocopy which is part of the Windows resource kit.
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Old Aug 29, 2004 | 11:21 PM
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highlight then drag and drop
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Old Aug 29, 2004 | 11:48 PM
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Thanks all. I just overwrote it... It worked out ok for my purposes. I had like 50 of the folders, so it was a pain.
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