Windows 10: Automate movement between multiple source files to multiple destination folders

I have many client files that I am trying to move to destination folders, ideally all at once. I have a folder that contains a lot hundreds to thousands of client folders. Each client folder contains a file that I want to move into a subfolder within their folder. The file name and subfolder name are the same in each client's file. I am fairly sure that there is a way to automate this and iterate through each client until all of the files are moved. This would save me hours of manual clicking and dragging. I have some basic Python and C++ experience so I am comfortable trying to code a .bat

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Search for Multiple Files in Folder

Hi Cedric. I'm Greg, an installation specialist, 10 years awarded Windows MVP, and Volunteer Moderator, here to help you.

See methods to search for multiple files in Windows here:

https://www.thefreewindows.com/4539/search-mult...

https://itsiti.com/how-to-search-and-list-multi...

https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-search-multiple-...

I hope this helps. Feel free to ask back any questions and keep me posted. If you'll wait to rate whether my post resolved your problem, I will keep working with you until it's resolved.

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How to copy a folder structure (including files within) into multiple folders simultaneously.

Hi LosingIt123,

If those 200 folders are under a single parent folder, I think it can be batched or scripted easily. For example, this command would work if the destination folders are located under a single parent folder ("John\Desktop\Destination").

• for /d %d in ("C:\Users\John\Desktop\Destination\*") do robocopy "C:\Users\John\Downloads\Source" "%d" /MIR
  

If they're in different locations, the list of destination paths can be saved to a text file, and a script/batch can be made that runs ROBOCOPY for each item in the text file.

 

Unzip multiple files in same folder

How can I unzip multiple files inside some folder in Windows 10?

Only option available is to extract a file at once and with a popup window suggesting a folder with file name.