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Can you merge folders in Windows?
If you’ve ever wanted to combine the contents of two directories, you don’t have to copy/paste them together—Windows 7 or Vista will let you merge them easily. You’ll be prompted to replace any files or subdirectories that have the same name, but at the end you’ll have a single merged folder.
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Compare and Merge Folders
The basic steps and operations remain same as above. However, while selecting the initial folders you can select to include or exclude sub-folder comparison. You may also apply filters on the types of files to be compared within.
Folders are mainly compared on the basis of modification dates and existence of files and sub-folders. Differences are indicated by broken icons as shown in the image above. In order to merger use the tools as earlier.
Understanding automatic merge results
When an automatic merge completes, the folder comparison window is updated to show what happened.
If you have enabled the option to Keep unchanged rows hidden in the ribbon Hide/reveal 
menu, rows that are now unchanged as a result of the merging operation will disappear from view.
Rows that were successfully merged will show a resolved marker 
, and the relevant filenames will be dimmed.
Edit markers indicate the nature of each change:
- For files copied into the common ancestor, the row is marked with an arrow (
or 
) indicating the folder hierarchy (right or left) from which the files were copied. - For files removed from the common ancestor, a delete marker
is placed on the row after the position from which the files were removed. - For files that have been automatically merged to the common ancestor, the row is marked with
.
To navigate between edit markers:
- click the Previous edit
and Next edit 
ribbon buttons; - or, press Ctrl+7 and Ctrl+8.
A conflict marker 
is attached to files that either could not be merged due to merging conflicts or unexpected errors. In either case, the marker’s comment will describe the problem.
To navigate between conflicts:
- click the Previous conflict
and Next conflict 
toolbar buttons; - or, press Ctrl+9 and Ctrl+ (zero).
Each 
, 
, 
, or 
marker has an associated tool tip that explains what change was made. Conflict markers 
also have a tool tip to explain the reason for the conflict. Hold the mouse cursor over the marker for a few seconds to see the explanation. Alternatively, right-click on the edit marker and select Edit Comment… from the context menu.
Files that could not be merged automatically due to merging conflicts should be merged manually using a file comparison.
How to split ZIP folders using 7-Zip
If you have a ZIP archive that contains other ZIP folders, you may want to split it up to easily access each of these ZIPs.
To split ZIP folders using 7-Zip, right-click on the file and go to 7-Zip > Extract files…. By default, the program saves the output folder in the same directory as the original ZIP and names it with the name of the ZIP file.
However, you can change the output location and name of the file in the window that pops up. Here, you can also password-protect the folder. Adjust the settings as you wish and click on the OK button when you’re done.
Other options for splitting ZIP folders using 7-Zip are the Extract here and Extract to “name of zip.” The former extracts the contents of your ZIP folder to your current directory. On the other hand, you can go with the latter option if you don’t wish to change the default output directory and folder name.
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