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The second method involves moving everything inside the source directory, regardless of the file type. You can use the following syntax to complete the move:.

Windows PowerShell is even more powerful and flexible than Command Prompt when it comes to copying or moving files and folders in a command-line environment. The quickest way to open a PowerShell window at your desired location is to first open the folder in File Explorer.

For example, to copy a file from the current directory to another, you would use the following command:. The real power of PowerShell comes from the ability to pipe cmdlets together. Say, for example, we have a folder with a bunch of subfolders with ebooks in them that we want to copy. Instead of changing the directory and running the command again, we can get PowerShell to scan through each folder and subfolder, and then copy all of a specific file type to the destination.

The Get-ChildItem part of the cmdlet lists all the files in the current directory and all of its subfolders with the -Recurse switch with the AZW file extension and pipes them the symbol to the Copy-Item cmdlet.

Move-Item follows the same syntax as the Copy-Item cmdlet. Type the following cmdlet to move all files of a specific file type from a directory and its subfolders:.

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Best Portable Chargers. You may find it easier to copy or move icons using the Navigation pane Section 3. Just expand the flippy triangles of the Navigation pane until you can see the destination folder.

Then locate the icon you want to move in the right pane and drag it to the appropriate folder in the left pane Figure Windows copies the icon. But you also pay a price for this satisfying illusion.

You can use the Cut, Copy, and Paste commands to move icons from one window into another. The routine goes like this:. Use any of the tricks described on Section 4. Right-click one of the icons. I still worry though - how will Vista behave if the mount point fails. I think I might actually leave 'users' where it is, including having an admin user built and left there, and then just mount the one user directory with any files in it mine.

Sorry if I am a bit slow but I don't understand everything written here too well but ready to learn. I have previously just dragged each users folder to a second D: hard drive, I think the Favourites and Contacts folders have issues. I downloaded your software and did a scan and even though the shell folders have been moved it does not show anything on drive D: I have read the help but still feel out of my depth.

What I basically want is to move users folders to the Data drive and all new users to turn up in the Data drive. I have copied all the shell folders from Drive C to Drive D for user Ian but your software does not show that when I do a scan. I believe the most common request by far is people want to run an application after windows install an application that takes all user shell folders and place them on an alternate drive and create that as default for new users added. They would also like this to have existing user content on the C: drive moved to the data drive at the same time.

Failing that a step by step procedure would be great. Thanks for your time and without your forum post I would not be aware of this. I was also interested in your indexing question but wouldn't you just index the drive the folders were the data exists, that is what I do currently. Ok that all sounds over my head.

The drag shell folders to drive D seems to works for what I do. I image all drives with Acronis True Image. I have Windows home server for backing up all computers overnight and file duplication on for critical data and offsite backup using Jungle disk for important stuff. The only time I have lost data several times is when I messed with different OS on the first drive. Since moving to a second or third drive for data I have never lost data only OS issues with multi boot and Acronis fixes that fast.

All my mistakes occure after 1am in the early hours and it has been a big day and you accidentally click delete on something automatically without thinking :- I still think there is a market for someone to do the shell folders thing though as it is widely discussed.

I might also look at the registry settings some people are using. I was just wanting to do it right as I have 3 new computers and thought there must be a better way, I am fussy like that. Thanks for your prompt reply. It can be done but if you run system restore or if you re-install the OS it will be complicated to get the old settings back. It is better if you leave the settings as it is.