Copying results of "Find" to another folder

I have 40,000 or so postage stamp images in approx 200 folders
If I select a sub-set through the "Find" option in Windows
Can I copy the resultant images to an independent file?
eg: I recently searched for "Venus" and required the 6 images
plonked in a separate folder.

Thanks for any input.


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Rodney wrote in message ...
I have 40,000 or so postage stamp images in approx 200 folders
If I select a sub-set through the "Find" option in Windows
Can I copy the resultant images to an independent file?
eg: I recently searched for "Venus" and required the 6 images
plonked in a separate folder.

Thanks for any input.


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Open up the folder that you wish to copy the files to.

Now run the Find operation. When it completes,
click once on the first file name in the Find box
that you wish to copy.

Then, if there is a group of consecutive files that you want to copy,
hold down the Shift key and click once on the last file name in that group.

This will highlight the first and last files, and all files in between.
Release the Shift key.

If you want to now include any further single files in the copy operation,
hold down the Ctrl key as you click once on each additional file.
As you click each file, it will be highlighted, and all prior files clicked
will remain highlighted as long as you hold the Ctrl key while clicking.

When all of the files that you wish to copy are highlighted,
release the Ctrl key.

Now right-click any one of the highlighted files and, without releasing
the right-mouse button, drag the cursor and hover over the destination
folder name minimized on the Task Bar. The folder will open.
Continue to hold the right-mouse button, and drag-and-drop
in the destination folder.

Select Copy from the Options menu when it pops open.

You can copy the files from the find box into a folder the
same way you copy any file from one folder to another -
either right-click and Copy-Paste (or Ctrl+C-Ctrl+V) or
you can Ctrl+Drag the files into the folder, or right drag
and pick "Copy here" - they all work fine.


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Antispam things are a little bit pointless - your
unmangled address is avaliable in the From: line...

For many purposes, a Find results window is much the same as any Explorer
window. The purpose you envision is one such. What intrigues me is why you
haven't simply experimented to see if it worked.

I use Find (or Search, in XP) all the time to sort files, whether to Copy
them to a new project folder or to Move them for cataloging purposes. I find
it easiest if I open Windows Explorer and an instance of Find, then
right-click on the Taskbar and Tile the two windows, either Horizontally or
Vertically. Makes dragging and dropping that much easier. (Which way you
tile them is a personal preference, though I find that the high-resolution
display settings I use allows me to use vertical tiling more efficiently,
whereas low resolution displays tend to favor horizontal tiling.)

It's wise to get into the habit of using right-click to drag & drop. That
way, when you drop the files, you are presented with a list of
actions--Copy, Move, Create Shortcut, Cancel. If you use left-click to drag
& drop you are stuck with the default actions, which vary depending on the
filetype and where you are dragging from and to. For instance, if you use
left-click to drag & drop non-executable files to a different folder on the
same drive, the default action is to Move them. If you drag them to a folder
on a different drive, the default is to Copy them. With executables, it even
gets stranger, since certain kinds will only deposit a shortcut at the
destination, while others will Move or Copy according to the above
description. Also, with left-click, if you accidentally drop it to the wrong
location, it can be difficult to find it again. The Cancel option with
right-click/drag & drop, combined with the folder it's being dropped to
getting highlighted, allows you to be certain that the file(s) is/are going
where you intend them to go.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP for Win9x

"Rodney" wrote in message
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I have 40,000 or so postage stamp images in approx 200 folders
If I select a sub-set through the "Find" option in Windows
Can I copy the resultant images to an independent file?
eg: I recently searched for "Venus" and required the 6 images
plonked in a separate folder.

Thanks for any input.


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"Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message
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I find it easiest if I open Windows Explorer and an instance of Find, then
right-click on the Taskbar and Tile the two windows, either Horizontally or
Vertically. Makes dragging and dropping that much easier.

Now that is something I never knew or ventured into. I now think my coping may/will
become much easier. G


--
Brian A.

Jack of all trades, Master of none.
One can never truly be a master as there is always more to learn.

Thanks for your reply,
yeah, pointless, however my isp does
not allow the proper munge form.

| Antispam things are a little bit pointless - your
| unmangled address is avaliable in the From: line...

Thank you very much Hugh and Gary,

What intrigues me is why you
haven't simply experimented to see if it worked.

Well, I thought I had.

Well I tried all methods,
must say CTRL C and V is marvellous,
I use that method daily to transfer data whilst in my Database
and didn't realise it worked across windows, and esp with
image files.
Take a pat on the back.

I spend a large part of my day within ACDSee opening and using
files, drag and drop was second nature, I guess I was on
the desktop every time I used "Find", and guess I had expected an option
when right clicking, which there wasn't.


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"Phlip" wrote in message ...
| You can copy the files from the find box into a folder the
| same way you copy any file from one folder to another -
| either right-click and Copy-Paste (or Ctrl+C-Ctrl+V) or
| you can Ctrl+Drag the files into the folder, or right drag
| and pick "Copy here" - they all work fine.
|
|
| (Remove gum to reply)
|
| Antispam things are a little bit pointless - your
| unmangled address is avaliable in the From: line...

Oh.. OK. Perhaps I read your original wrong, s.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP for Win9x

"Rodney" wrote in message
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Thank you very much Hugh and Gary,

What intrigues me is why you
haven't simply experimented to see if it worked.

Well, I thought I had.