Guest Matt91123 Posted June 18, 2008 Posted June 18, 2008 How do you copy a file into several different folders at the same time? I am trying to streamline a process at work where I have to copy a file from one drive on a network, and paste it into a separate folder in each of 3 other drives on the network. The folder has the same name, but is on three separate drives. On 2 of these drives, the folder is a subfolder (example: D:\Parent\Sibling) On the third drive, the folder resides on the root directory (F:\Sibling) I have been copying the file, navigating to each folder and then pasting it. This is time-consuming due to a slow server. Ideally, I'd like to drag and drop just once and have the file go to the required folders. I am open to other solutions.
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted June 18, 2008 Posted June 18, 2008 Re: How to Copy a File to Multiple Folders Simultaneously? "Matt91123" <Matt91123@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:2B05C0E8-AE55-4B56-9ECF-DD3825050E67@microsoft.com... > How do you copy a file into several different folders at the same time? > > I am trying to streamline a process at work where I have to copy a file > from > one drive on a network, and paste it into a separate folder in each of 3 > other drives on the network. The folder has the same name, but is on three > separate drives. On 2 of these drives, the folder is a subfolder (example: > D:\Parent\Sibling) On the third drive, the folder resides on the root > directory (F:\Sibling) > > I have been copying the file, navigating to each folder and then pasting > it. > This is time-consuming due to a slow server. Ideally, I'd like to drag and > drop just once and have the file go to the required folders. I am open to > other solutions. Batch files can easily do this: @echo off copy /y "d:\My Files\Some File.doc" "e:\Parent\Sibling" copy /y "d:\My Files\Some File.doc" "f:\Parent\Sibling" copy /y "d:\My Files\Some File.doc" "g:\Sibling"
Guest 3c273 Posted June 18, 2008 Posted June 18, 2008 Re: How to Copy a File to Multiple Folders Simultaneously? SyncToy? (Free from MS) Louis "Matt91123" <Matt91123@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:2B05C0E8-AE55-4B56-9ECF-DD3825050E67@microsoft.com... > How do you copy a file into several different folders at the same time? > > I am trying to streamline a process at work where I have to copy a file from > one drive on a network, and paste it into a separate folder in each of 3 > other drives on the network. The folder has the same name, but is on three > separate drives. On 2 of these drives, the folder is a subfolder (example: > D:\Parent\Sibling) On the third drive, the folder resides on the root > directory (F:\Sibling) > > I have been copying the file, navigating to each folder and then pasting it. > This is time-consuming due to a slow server. Ideally, I'd like to drag and > drop just once and have the file go to the required folders. I am open to > other solutions.
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