Move everything on desktop except a specific folder using Windows batch script

To move everything on the desktop except for a specific folder using a Windows batch script, you can iterate through the files and folders on the desktop and move them selectively. Here's an example:

batchCopy code
@echo off

set "desktopPath=%USERPROFILE%\Desktop"

set "destinationPath=%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\NewFolder"

set "excludedFolder=FolderToExclude"



for %%F in ("%desktopPath%\*") do (

    if /I not "%%~nxF"=="%excludedFolder%" (

        move "%%F" "%destinationPath%"

    )

)

In this example:

• Set the desktopPath variable to the path of the desktop directory. %USERPROFILE%\Desktop is used to retrieve the current user's desktop path.
• Set the destinationPath variable to the desired destination path where you want to move the files. This example assumes a folder named "NewFolder" on the desktop.
• Set the excludedFolder variable to the name of the specific folder you want to exclude from the move operation.
• The for loop iterates through all the files and folders on the desktop using "%desktopPath%\*".
• The if /I condition checks if the current item's name (%%~nxF) is not equal to the excluded folder name (%excludedFolder%). The /I flag makes the comparison case-insensitive.
• If the condition is true, the move command is used to move the item (%%F) to the specified destination folder (%destinationPath%).

Make sure to customize the variables (destinationPath and excludedFolder) to match your specific requirements. Save the script with a .bat extension and run it to move everything on the desktop, excluding the specified folder, to the destination folder.