Windows 10: Search result - Move folders instead of file

I have done a search for all files with the word e.g. "dvd" in the filename..

It returns a list of files result..

The problems is

I want to move the folder/s that contains those files not just the file on it's own..

How can I do this?

:)

 

Bulk Moving Folders

Go to the root of the folder and type the the file extension *.svg in the search box.

Select all .svg results and cut/move and them to your target folder.

 

Looking for picture organizing , auto duplicate deleting , software or apps.

For the first part:

You can include the folders that have the image files to the Pictures Library. And from the Pictures library, do a search for the following:

kindicture

This lists all the images from folders that are included in the Pictures Library. Once search results are complete, select all (Ctrl + A) files (de-select the folders), click the Move To button in the ribbon and move all those files to a single folder of
your choice.

 

Hi, using file explorer search for something like this is complicated. Just consider the search results you may get. These may include:
1. folders whose name includes dvd
2. files whose name includes dvd
3. files whose pathname includes dvd
4. If indexed and content indexing is enabled, you will get text files whose content contains dvd

You can improve this greatly (fewer results) by specifying
file:dvd
as your search string, but even then, obscurely, you also get folders whose name contains dvd.

So.. try Ultrasearch (free) or one of the other similar tools (Locate32, Everything by Void Tools.

Simply search for dvd and you get just the files whose name contains dvd.
Now organise the results by path
Now one by one, right click one file from each location, and click save path to clipboard
Paste that into e.g. Notepad.

Now, with a little editing, you have a list of all the folders you need to copy.

Sorry, can't think of anything more clever than that offhand, but it vastly improves the search.

 

Sorry if you are not understanding the problem...

I search for files with the word "dvd" in it..
I get file results with word dvd in it..

e.g. Movie1Dvd.mkv etc..

But those files are actually in individual folders...

If I select all the files in search results > cut and paste..into another folder
the result will be one folder with many files..

I do not want this..
I want to cut/move all the files with their parent folder into the new location..

 

I understood that. I'm sorry you didn't understand my answer and suggestion.

Beyond that, you'd need to do sthg like write a script in Autohotkey.

 

I am looking for a solution that is quick and easy and allows me to move the folders with the files found..

I don't think your solution would meet this criteria..and seems to be as much work as opening each file location and just move the parent folder individually..

But thanks for the suggestion/input..

 

I understand- maybe some 3rd party tool.

I also think there may be a way with Powershell - I'll post this just as a clue as to where you might look.
Windows PowerShell Tip: Fun Things You Can Do With the Get-ChildItem Cmdlet

Another example:
windows 7 - Find all folders with specific files in them? - Super User
You might be able to solve your problem using PowerShell. I am not home at the moment and have no access to PowerShell, so I can check this solution inspired by this page at a later time only.
dir -recurse | ?{$_.name -match “^*.ini$”} | sort name | ft directory
I can check up on the correctness of the answer later.

 

Thanks for posting the powershell link / script
This is quite helpful...

After reading those threads and doing some further research and making a few modifications

I was able to find a solution to this problem...
And it is somewhat quick and easy

I will still keep this thread unsolved, in case:

-someone found a third party software that solves this problem
-someone creates an autohotkey script that solves this problem
-Microsoft solves this problem with a windows update.