Automatically Move files with specific extensions.

[Bowditch]

Hello,

would like to automatically have certain file extensions (example: jpg) moved from a certain folder to another folder. As soon as the file with that extension in Folder A (with extension jpg) to be moved to Folder B

[BoBo]

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#Persistent
srcPath := "C:\myImages"
destPath := "D:\myImages\mysubFolder"

SetTimer, TheMover, % 1*60*1000 ; check once every minute
Return

TheMover:
	Loop, Files,% srcPath "\*.jpg"
		FileMove,% A_LoopFileFullPath,% destPath
Return

Untested. Edit/removed redundant code, see @boilers statement below.

[boiler]

That should work fine. A couple of suggestions if I may:

You could use WatchFolder() to trigger the subroutine only (and without delay) when there is a change to the folder.

The subroutine doesn’t need the if part because if there are no .jpg files, the loop will execute zero times, so it functions as a built-in conditional as well:

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TheMover:
	Loop, Files,% srcPath "\*.jpg"
		FileMove,% A_LoopFileFullPath,% destPath
Return

[mikeyww]

WatchFolder: awesome!

[BoBo]

because if there are no .jpg files, the loop will execute zero times, so it functions as a built-in conditional as wel