Be Excellent To Each Other

On windows. Vista.

No idea if this would work, but could you do a search for *.ext and then copy them out of the search window? Or would that just take the shortcuts?

Xcopy frompath topath *.ext /e

I think. Check xcopy /?

Off the top of my head

xcopy frompath\*.ext topath /e /s

I was thinking that, but I'm half convinced either the e or the s is redundant.

Thank you excellent chaps.

Also Mr Russell, I'd tried your method but there were issues on viewing all the files as there's many thousand of them.

New thing.. does this move the files or just create additional copies?

Copies them.

How can I remove the originals at the same time?

Probably the /e (combined with the /s all directories including empty ones, I think) but /s /e is so ingrained in me that it is force of habit and won't harm.

Copy them first and make sure you are happy.

Then go to the folder and do delete *.ext /s but make sure you are in the right folder. Double, triple check.

I don't have enough space to copy them all. I've got a backup of the folder elsewhere so it's not a big problem if things go missing.

I'll see how I get on with mr Russell's method.