Move files/folder from multiple source into one target path using windows shell

[byzod]

I try to write an autohotkey script to extract content of selected folder to the parent level, but found a problem that the windows shell

movehere

or

copyhere

seems do not support contents from multiple source (details here)

I try to do this because I know Everything can do this: you can search files with the same name from different folders, drag them and it will trigger a standard overwrite warning which is what I want to imitate
(This image shows that I can trigger a overwrite warning for three

t.txt

from 3 different folders, which is unlikely to do so in vanilla explorer without Everything)

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However after some search and reading official document, I didn't found a way to construct a custom

FolderItems

that can pass to

Folder.MoveHere

,

FolderItems

have only 1 implemented method:

Item()

which returns a item at given index, there's no

AddItem()

, nor

Append()

@void how do you do this? Are you write your own shell extension for this? Can you provide some information about this please?

p.s. If it's possible to do the "extract contents of selected folders (or an array of selected folder paths) to parent folder" with Everything command line is also a solution to me

[void]

It's not easy.

Everything uses a virtualized IShellFolder with CDefFolderMenu_Create2 for the context menu.

Everything uses IFileOperation for Edit -> Move to

Everything uses SHFileOperation on XP and earlier for Edit -> Move to

[byzod]

It's not easy.

A virtualized IShellFolder with CDefFolderMenu_Create2

Well, then it is my worst guess, I think there's no easy way ;_;
Then I choose live with 99 overwrite warning until I got the courage to mess with shell extension

Thanks for your hard work of Everything, it's really a life changer ♥

[void]

Check out IFileOperation.