copying many files to 1 dir

Can you help me please.

I have;
many directories with 1 or 2 gif files in each

I want to;
copy gif files from many directories to one directory.

I downloaded xxcopy. but it was too complex for me to find the correct
command.

Many years ago I could write .bat files. but have forgotten most of
that.

I have spent most of the morning moving them 1 or 2 at a time, and I
think there has to be an easier way!

--
Peggy

Use the Search facility and search for *.gif files.
Select what you want from the search results and Copy the selected
items to the required folder.
It only takes me a minute or two to copy hundreds of files like this
from multiple directories.

....Alan
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Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer
http://dts-l.com/index.htm



On Fri, 30 May 2008 13:07:08 +1000, in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics, Peggy <me@privacy.net> wrote:

>Can you help me please.
>
>I have;
>many directories with 1 or 2 gif files in each
>
>I want to;
>copy gif files from many directories to one directory.
>
>I downloaded xxcopy. but it was too complex for me to find the correct
>command.
>
>Many years ago I could write .bat files. but have forgotten most of
>that.
>
>I have spent most of the morning moving them 1 or 2 at a time, and I
>think there has to be an easier way!

On Fri, 30 May 2008 13:37:34 +1000, Alan Edwards
<edwards@southcom.com.au> wrote:

>Use the Search facility and search for *.gif files.
>Select what you want from the search results and Copy the selected
>items to the required folder.
>It only takes me a minute or two to copy hundreds of files like this
>from multiple directories.
>
>...Alan

I did try that - maybe there were too many!!!

I will try again.

Thank you for your response

--

Peggy

On Fri, 30 May 2008 13:47:05 +1000, Peggy <me@privacy.net> wrote:

>On Fri, 30 May 2008 13:37:34 +1000, Alan Edwards
><edwards@southcom.com.au> wrote:
>
>>Use the Search facility and search for *.gif files.
>>Select what you want from the search results and Copy the selected
>>items to the required folder.
>>It only takes me a minute or two to copy hundreds of files like this
>>from multiple directories.
>>
>>...Alan
>
>I did try that - maybe there were too many!!!
>
>I will try again.
>
>Thank you for your response

Thank you!
I am thrilled - it worked - job is done.

It was very slow, that is why I thought it was not working earlier.

--
Peggy