move all files in a folder and all it's subfolders into one big folder - windows xp

Question

I have a folder c:\downloads\ffme and inside it there are loads of subfolders with various amounts of files in each of them.

I want to consolidate all those individual files into one big folder, removing them from their subfolders on the way. I want to end up with a folder with loads of files in it, but no subfolders. How can I do this?

thanks

Solution

The easiest way would be w/o a cmd... just open the folder in Windows Explorer and search for *.*, then select everything except the subfolders and drag/drop or cut/paste to the desired location.

Comments

[Zaphod Beeblebrox]

nope, haven't a clue what you are talking about unfortunately :( Is it something easy? It doesn't sound like it

[Zaphod Beeblebrox]

I should clarify, I'm a total newb. I was hoping there would be a command I could type into cmd in windows and it would do the job. But I've not really used cmd before

[Ould Abba]

Or you can search for *.?* to match only file names (No folders). I hope it helps

[Dan Esparza]

Brilliant. The tip from @OuldAbba worked great as well. Thanks!