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Sample Tasks -> T24 - Automate File Management. Organize Folders based on File Extension.

Task Description: Organizes folders by moving files into respective folders based on the file extension.

Solution
1.	Create new task	Click on Tools->Task Editor.
2.	Go through all the files	Insert Loop command to loop through each file in a folder command.
3.	Create the folders based on the extensions	Insert IF command by selecting it from Conditions / Loops category. Select 'Folder does not exist' condition Specify the variables $CurrentDirectory$\$Extension$FileCollection Screenshot 1
4.	Move the files to the respective folder	Copy files command will copy current file in loop to the folder of its respective type. For example if file name is C:\AutomationAnywhere.txt then it will copy the file to txtFilecollection folder created in above step. Screenshot 2
5	Delete the copied files	Insert a Delete File command to delete the files to avoid duplicate copies. Screenshot 3

When you run this task, it loops through each file in a folder and will create folders for each of the different extension types and moves the files within the respective folders.