did you know you can flatten (better said, merge), yet retain subdirectory structures
so if you search for,
folder: xyz123& you get stuff like:
/<rand>.xyz123/
/<rand>.xyz123/
/<rand>.xyz123/
(<rand> is some random nonsense)
& when you go to rename, you're presented something like
\1.xyz123
& if you remove \1.
then all the individual <rand>.xyz123 are merged into a single directory named, "xyz123"
- all the while, retaining subdirectory structures, only difference is that they are all
now under that singular xyz123 parent
neat.
though, DO be careful & mindful of the prompts that Windows may present you with.
in my case, all top-most directories that i started this with
contain multiple subdirectories within each parent - before any files were come
across & each set of subdirectories were also uniquely named, so there were no
further conflicts, & therefore no individual file overwrite notifications
neat.
though, DO BE CAREFUL.
(i wasn't sure what was going to happen, so i threw caution to the wind
.)depending, it can be helpful to combine your search with parents: