Moving Folder with subfolders along with files to another folder

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Hi All,
There is a folder1,inside folder1 there are multiple subfolders,along with multiple files with extension inside subfolder,i need to move everything from folder1 to folder2,can anyone help me how can we do this scenario.

thanks

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Use
Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO.FileSystem.CopyDirectory(SourceDirectoryName, DestinationDirectoryName, True)

Copy Directory.xaml (4.9 KB)

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Thanks codegias for the help,
is there anyother method to do it,rather than using invoke code

thanks

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You can use move activity and provide details over there

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Hi @Navya

Refer the below thread having the complete workflow for your query

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Hi Pratil_Wavhal,
Thanks for the solution,
But i have different file extenstions,i need to extract all of them,how can we do it.

thanks

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@Navya

If you have different extenstions then by making IF conditions you can proceed with your logic

Like check below

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Hope this helps

Thanks

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@Navya

Hey,

You can achieve this using a loop, I have a xaml for this, Though it will require little manipulation.

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Hi @Navya

I have updated the workflow as per your requirements. Below is the updated workflow for the same.
Navya.zip (18.2 KB)

For any type of Extension we just have to do *.*
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OR

Even by not giving it is Ok
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Input :-
These was the files with multiple extension within Main_folder_1 → Sub_folder_1
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Output :-
Moved all files with multiple extensions within Main_folder_2 → Sub_folder_1
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@Pratik_Wavhal
Thank you for your help,it is working perfect.
but what if the Subfolder names are dynamic,how can we achieve it.

Thanks

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Hi @Navya

Below is the updated workflow which will work with any named subfolder.
Updated Navya.zip (19.6 KB)

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Hi @Pratik_Wavhal,
Thank you for the solution,it worked for all subfolders.

Thanks

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Hi @Navya

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