{"id":2470,"date":"2016-11-24T18:42:52","date_gmt":"2016-11-24T13:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/?p=2470"},"modified":"2025-06-22T17:15:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T11:45:27","slug":"create-directory-structure-only-do-not-paste-files-in-windows-using-an-xcopy-alternative-replacement-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/create-directory-structure-only-do-not-paste-files-in-windows-using-an-xcopy-alternative-replacement-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"Create Directories\/folders only, without files in Windows using an Xcopy alternative replacement tool"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Windows: Instantly copy just the folder structure without any files in them using Copywhiz\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XvPzekW8hzQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Many times we want to replicate the directory structure of a particular folder to another location. It is, therefore okay to skip copying files in those folders. But this is a very tedious and error-prone task if done manually. Therefore it is advised to use any software that will do it for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This post will show you how to <strong>create the whole folder structure without files<\/strong> in Windows. It is useful when you want to create lots of folders for different types of files in an easier and faster way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let us look at how to do this with Windows <strong>Xcopy<\/strong> tool, and an <strong>alternative software<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/Copywhiz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Copywhiz<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is Copywhiz?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/Copywhiz\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/Copywhiz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Copywhiz<\/a> enhances your file-copy experience by letting you to have more flexibility &amp; control over the file copying and backup process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/Copywhiz\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/Copywhiz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Copywhiz<\/a> makes file copying a breeze: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Copy only new or modified files<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Easily pick files by name, extension, folder etc from bunch of folders<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Automatically organize files based on file attributes and metadata<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Copy files to multiple folders\/computers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Copy files from multiple folders and paste them at once<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sync files between source and destination<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pick files from multiple folders and compress in single .zip file<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Schedule file backups<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Verify copied files for data integrity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Retain security attributes of files &amp; folders (ownership\/user access)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/Copywhiz\/Features\" target=\"_blank\">Several more hidden nuggets<\/a>&nbsp;designed to make your file-copy task easier.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Create Directory structure only<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Using Xcopy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Xcopy Source [Destination] \/t <\/strong> command lets us to replicate the whole directory structure without copying the files inside them. To copy empty directories, you must include the \/e command-line option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Ex: To copy the directory structure without files, the following command line will be used:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>xcopy C:\\Your Folder C:\\New Folder \/t \/e<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Xcopy commands are not straightforward. System administrators may be able to use it. But everyday users would generally find it confusing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let us look at a simpler and easier way to do this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Using Copywhiz:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch a short video depicting this feature:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Windows: Instantly copy just the folder structure without any files in them using Copywhiz\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XvPzekW8hzQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Video Transcription<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Select files using Windows Explorer, right-click on them and choose Copywhiz-&gt;Copy from the menu as shown below :<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Copy-Files.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Copy-Files.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Copy-Files.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Copy-Files-300x262.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>2. Go to the destination folder, right-click inside the folder and select Copywhiz\u2013&gt;Paste Advanced as shown below:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2016\/09\/paste-advanced-new1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"571\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2016\/09\/paste-advanced-new1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2016\/09\/paste-advanced-new1.png 780w, https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2016\/09\/paste-advanced-new1-300x219.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>3. Copywhiz Window will open. Click on the &#8216;Advanced Settings&#8217; button and select &#8216;Create folder structure only, do not paste files&#8217; as shown below, and click on &#8216;Ok&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Advanced-Settings-Create-Folder-Structure-Only-No-Files.png\" alt=\"Create-Folder-Structure-Only-No-Files\" class=\"wp-image-4929\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Advanced-Settings-Create-Folder-Structure-Only-No-Files.png 550w, https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Advanced-Settings-Create-Folder-Structure-Only-No-Files-300x227.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/copywhiz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Copywhiz<\/a> is an alternative that allows you to create the complete directory (folder) structure without copying files in them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This feature can be useful in a multi-user scenario where the system administrator wishes to create the same standard template folder structure without files for different users from an existing structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The biggest advantage of using Copywhiz is that you can take <strong>automatic backups of your files and folders<\/strong>! Read more about it here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-conceptworld-039-s-blog wp-block-embed-conceptworld-039-s-blog\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"3iCM2i5mEn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/automatically-copy-files-in-background-at-specific-time-in-windows\/\">Automatically copy files &#038; folders in background at specific time in Windows<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Automatically copy files &#038; folders in background at specific time in Windows&#8221; &#8212; Conceptworld&#039;s Blog\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/automatically-copy-files-in-background-at-specific-time-in-windows\/embed\/#?secret=3vZWB1G0nx#?secret=3iCM2i5mEn\" data-secret=\"3iCM2i5mEn\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For more tutorial videos, click <a title=\"Copywhiz Tutorial Videos\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/Copywhiz\/Videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> here <\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Subscribe to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCULI5s6KJn-0iDIeqJRUWQA?view_as=subscriber\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube channel<\/a> for regular updates and interesting videos!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/Copywhiz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Learn more about<\/a> Copywhiz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Download the free trial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/Copywhiz\/Download\">from here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">other cool products<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Have a good day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks for your time :)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many times we want to replicate the directory structure of a particular folder to another location. It is, therefore okay to skip copying files in those folders. But this is a very tedious and error-prone task if done manually. Therefore it is advised to use any software that will do it for you. This post &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/create-directory-structure-only-do-not-paste-files-in-windows-using-an-xcopy-alternative-replacement-tool\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Create Directories\/folders only, without files in Windows using an Xcopy alternative replacement tool<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[11],"class_list":["post-2470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-copywhiz","tag-xcopy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2470"}],"version-history":[{"count":85,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8525,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2470\/revisions\/8525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}