{"id":3466,"date":"2018-11-21T10:30:42","date_gmt":"2018-11-21T05:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/?p=3466"},"modified":"2026-05-25T15:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T09:42:10","slug":"copying-files-from-multiple-different-folders-to-a-single-destination-in-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/copying-files-from-multiple-different-folders-to-a-single-destination-in-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"Copying files from multiple different folders to a single destination in Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This post will tell you on how to copy files from various different locations and paste them in a single folder using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/Copywhiz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Copywhiz<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When copying lots of files, you always have to copy, then paste, again copy and paste and keep going on. It gets so tiring, boring, and not to forget too time-consuming. With Copywhiz, keep copying files (selecting files) and paste them all at once. You can copy, copy, copy, and paste altogether.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This option is the best when all your files are scattered in different places.<\/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\">Steps to copy from multiple destinations and paste in a single destination<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch a short video telling more about 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: Copy specific types of files from multiple folders into a single folder using Copywhiz\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P7H2q_OkBmw?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<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Copy-Files1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Copy-Files.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2673\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>1. Go to Windows File Explorer, select the files from the source folder, right-click and choose Copywhiz\u2013&gt;Copy as shown below:<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. Keep adding files from different folders by clicking on &#8220;Copy (Add to queue).&#8221; You can see the total number of files copied so far in the &#8220;show items&#8221; menu.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2017\/12\/screenshot-paste-multiple-times.jpg\" alt=\" \" class=\"wp-image-3193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2017\/12\/screenshot-paste-multiple-times.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2017\/12\/screenshot-paste-multiple-times-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2017\/12\/screenshot-paste.jpg\" alt=\" \" class=\"wp-image-3196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2017\/12\/screenshot-paste.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2017\/12\/screenshot-paste-300x263.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>3. Right-click inside the destination folder where you wish to copy the files and select <em>Copywhiz&#8211;&gt;Paste <\/em>. You could even use ctrl+shift+v.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4. All the files copied will be pasted in the destination folder all at once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you get used to copying files this way using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/Copywhiz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Copywhiz<\/a>, the usual lengthy process you used to do will feel so ridiculous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/Copywhiz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Learn more about<\/a> Copywhiz. Download the free trial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/Copywhiz\/Download\">from here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a title=\"Copywhiz Tutorial Videos\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/Copywhiz\/Videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Check out this page<\/a> for our tutorial videos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCULI5s6KJn-0iDIeqJRUWQA\/featured?view_as=subscriber\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube channel<\/a> for interesting videos.<br>Have a good day!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks :)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep following for more articles to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post will tell you on how to copy files from various different locations and paste them in a single folder using Copywhiz. When copying lots of files, you always have to copy, then paste, again copy and paste and keep going on. It gets so tiring, boring, and not to forget too time-consuming. With &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/copying-files-from-multiple-different-folders-to-a-single-destination-in-windows\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Copying files from multiple different folders to a single destination in Windows<\/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":[],"class_list":["post-3466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-copywhiz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3466","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=3466"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8881,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3466\/revisions\/8881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}