How to move files from a hierarchy up one level?

[gemeenteraadslid]

Hi guys,

a first test with a few files and I cannot find them any more. It's tricky or I am just losing ideas.

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Music\Atterberg\Symphony1\VLevel\1.m4a
Music\Atterberg\Symphony1\VLevel\2.m4a
Music\Atterberg\Symphony1\VLevel\3.m4a
Music\Shostakovich\Symphony8\VLevel\1.m4a
Music\Shostakovich\Symphony8\VLevel\2.m4a
Music\Shostakovich\Symphony8\VLevel\3.m4a

The "VLevel" directory level. This can be in different depth. It will always be the deepest node. Now I want to move all files which are in there up one level. So I can delete the "VLevel" folders.

Result has to be this:

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Music\Atterberg\Symphony1\1.m4a
Music\Shostakovich\Symphony8\3.m4a

How can I achieve this? I searched for "VLevel\*", used the Move-Dialog on the results for a test, then checked "Relative paths" and moved them to "..". Files are gone, I probably have to search...

How would you do that?

Thx

[Dalai]

Either use the Find Files feature, searching for

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*.m4a

or

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*.*

, or use branch view (Ctrl+B) if all files are somewhere in the same subdirectory. Then feed all files to listbox (if using search), select all files (Ctrl+A) and call the MRT (Ctrl+M). Set this as rename mask:

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..\[N]

Watch the New Name column closely, and when everything looks fine, press Start.

PS: Be aware that this description might not work for where the files are now, but it should work well for the original location.

[gemeenteraadslid]

Ha, renaming to ..\[N] - renaming to another directory level was never part of my thought process -great, will try.

[gemeenteraadslid]

It worked flawlessly. Thank you very much, this adds another option to my toolset which I didn't see before
I'm always wondering how life is possible only with this super dumb and slow Windows Explorer.

[Dalai]

I'm always wondering how life is possible only with this super dumb and slow Windows Explorer.

Oh, it's certainly possible, but doesn't make sense, unless one really likes pain .