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COPY MANY IN EXPLORER

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by orion

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One thing I love about DOS is that you can type something like C: copy a*.* C:\mydir\*.* and it'll copy all files starting with "a".

I've yet to find a way to achieve a similar result using Windows Explorer! Anyone every figure out how to do this?

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by gduffala

If you really want to type, go the command prompt. You may be able to do the DOS there.

by graham.sinclair

Open Windows Explorer and browse to the folder you wish to copy from; right click the folder and choose search in WK2, Find in NT, (similar in other OS's) then enter your search criteria, (it can be wild and various). Once found you can do whateveryou wish with the results of the search.

by ebob

... it can find files in "other" directories (OK, "Folders" to you young'ns), and "other" hard drives and even network resources.

Then Copy (or Cut) and Paste to the new destination.

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