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Is there a way to copy just the folder names in a folder, but not the contents of each folder?
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Other answerer s are assuming that by copy you mean to save or print a list of the folders. If you do in fact want to copy a folder tree without files, it can be done using Xcopy with the /T switch
/T Creates directory structure, but does not copy files. Does not
include empty directories or subdirectories. /T /E includes
empty directories and subdirectories.
Your assumption on what I'm trying to do is correct. Your suggestion makes sense to me and I think it's exactly what I'm looking for, but it's a DOS command, correct? How do I execute it? Do I go outside of Windows with that CMD command? Will Windows then recognize the directory structure I just created?
Try program "treecopy"
I'm setting up/moving to a new computer. I want to replicate that file structure on my new computer that I had on my old computer. How would I use this command to accomplish that? Specifically, I need to get the results on the new computer.
Use a Windows command prompt. You can run cmd.exe or open a command prompt from Accessories.
Note technically this is Not DOS which doesn't exist in modern versions of Windows. However, the syntax of many DOS commands is also used by the Windows Command Processor.
