excluding files in compressed folder when searching

[Jim]

Hello all,

There has got to be a simple answer to this, but i'm not
finding it.

I'm trying to copy all files of a particular type in a
folder's subfolder to a single location in another
folder. The original folder contains zip
files/compressed folders. When I search for my files,
the search window is including the files that are in .zip
files/compressed folders.

How can i exlude the files that are included in
these .zip/compressed files?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

WinXP Pro.

thanks,
jim

p.s
I tried copy from dos but couldn't find the syntax for
including subfolders

 

[Dude]

In DOS (command prompt) use XCOPY with the /s switch

"xcopy /?" will give you a list of options and switches

 

[Guest]

thanks for your reply.

i looked at that too.
however, i don't want the folders. i just want all
i.e. "*.txt" files in the miscelaneous subfolders
under "c:\blah" to go into "c:\yada\blah".

thanks again,

jim