How to remove a file inside a folder from current selection in Windows Explorer?

Say I have several folders and bunch of files inside each of them. I want to copy it all expect for one file inside one of the folders. I don't want to temporally move the file and then put it back. Is there a way to keep all the folders selected and remove one file from the selection? Or do I just have to manually move everything back and forth?

BoltKey

Posted 2016-02-08T00:56:20.543

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There is probably a power shell command that can do it, maybe someone will post it. – Moab – 2016-02-08T00:58:13.157

Do you want to preserve the folder structure?

Does the file you want to exclude's name contain a pattern like 'Everything containging z0r.dontinclude.txt'?

Is the reason that you do not want to copy that one file because some process is writing to it?

< – Junkiebev – 2016-02-08T04:35:14.827

Answers

From the GUI:

Ctrl + A will select all items in a folder.

Using Ctrl + Left click on currently selected items will deselect ONLY that item.

Using Shift + Left click will 'collapse' the selection from the top of the folder list to the item you left clicked on. Everything beneath that item will no longer be selected.

There's a bunch of hotkeys similar to this available in Windows which are always nice and help. You can find the list here:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/keyboard-shortcuts#keyboard-shortcuts=windows-7

Dandy

Posted 2016-02-08T00:56:20.543

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