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<blockquote data-quote="DianeVan" data-source="post: 1746492" data-attributes="member: 318944">You are thinking about it incorrectly.&nbsp; If you remove the top folder you remove everything in it, just like a real file folder in a file cabinet. To get the results you want try as follows.&nbsp; You need to move each file to Documents.&nbsp; To to this open Documents.&nbsp; Then hold control and open one of the sub folders. You will see tabs for these two folders at the top of your screen.&nbsp; Select and drag the individual files to the Documents tab. Or alternatively, open both and size them and set them side by side and drag.&nbsp; If you have a lot of sub folders it may take some time to move/drag the contents of each.&nbsp; As you empty sub folders delete them. I can't think of another way, unless all of the files in the sub folders have something in common, such as .jpgs or made on the same date or part of the document name, then you could search for them all and copy them from the search result page to Documents, then delete the originals.&nbsp; I look forward to hearing some other suggestions to this issue, as it sometimes applies to me too when I do housekeeping. Diane</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DianeVan, post: 1746492, member: 318944"] You are thinking about it incorrectly. If you remove the top folder you remove everything in it, just like a real file folder in a file cabinet. To get the results you want try as follows. You need to move each file to Documents. To to this open Documents. Then hold control and open one of the sub folders. You will see tabs for these two folders at the top of your screen. Select and drag the individual files to the Documents tab. Or alternatively, open both and size them and set them side by side and drag. If you have a lot of sub folders it may take some time to move/drag the contents of each. As you empty sub folders delete them. I can't think of another way, unless all of the files in the sub folders have something in common, such as .jpgs or made on the same date or part of the document name, then you could search for them all and copy them from the search result page to Documents, then delete the originals. I look forward to hearing some other suggestions to this issue, as it sometimes applies to me too when I do housekeeping. Diane [/QUOTE]

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