Marking files to copy later as a batch

[FrozenGamer]

Is there a method to copy a number of files from a number of searches all at once? ie i search for a certain band name, mark the files i want, search for another, and continue, then copy the list of marked files later? I have a large number of files including folder shares to two large servers on the network. So there is often delay while waiting for the the network to spin up when i right click to copy.

Hopefully that makes sense, basically to temporarily tag folders or files, then copy all tagged files and folders. Or perhaps a simple way that works similarly.

[Stamimail]

I would open Notepad, and copy-paste from Everything to Notepad by:
Ctrl+Shift+C
Ctrl+V

In this way I get in Notepad all the fullpaths of files I want to manipulate.
I hope you know how to go on.

[NotNull]

EDIT: This method is overly complicated. See the next message for an easier way to accomplish this.


Extra tips:

- Ebnable Double quote copy as path (Menu:Tools > Options > General > Results ) to .. well, you get the idea
- Like @Stamimail already suggested: save the filenames (+complete path) in textfile
- Add this as the first line of the textfile:

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Filename,Size,Date Modified,Date Created,Attributes

Now your file looks like this:

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Filename,Size,Date Modified,Date Created,Attributes
"C:\temp\SEARCH HERE\A Name - A Title - some other text.txt"
"C:\temp\SEARCH HERE\Some random file.txt"
"C:\temp\SEARCH HERE\The Name - The Title (blabla).txt"
"C:\test\1989 - cbook1.txt"
"C:\test\1989 -Acbook1.txt"
"C:\test\1999 - bbook2.txt"
"C:\test\2015 - abook3.txt"

- Save the file with .EFU extension

- In Everything, Menu:File > Open File List and open your .EFU file
- You can see if a EFU file is opened (and which one) in the Everything statusbar.

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- Now you can copy /move /whatever the files

- Close the EFU filelist when done: Menu:File > Close File List

[NotNull]

Idea 2:

• In Everything, Menu: Tools > File List Editor
• Drag/drop files from Everything GUI to this file list editor
• When done adding files, Menu:File > Save and save the filelist as .EFU file
• Close the File List Editor
• In Everything, Menu:File > Open File List and open your .EFU file
  (You can see if a EFU file is opened (and which one) in the Everything statusbar.)
• Now you can copy /move /whatever the files
• Close the EFU filelist when done: Menu:File > Close File List

[FrozenGamer]

NotNull, thanks for the ideas! I am just back from a vacation and missed this until now.