Tips for Using Tag That Photo

The following PowerShell script will move images of a specified type recursively from your photos folder tree to another folder. Let's say for example that you want to move all BMP or TIFF images from your main photo folder to another folder where you may want to convert them OR simply delete them. Save the script below to a filename such as "move-originals.ps1". Edit the filetype where you see the "extension" comment. Then call the command as follows:

.\move-originals.ps1 C:\temp\source C:\temp\target

where C:\temp\source is your root photos folder, and C:\temp\target is the destination folder.

# Execute it via PowerShell with this command line:
# .\move-originals.ps1 C:\temp\source C:\temp\target
# (update the extension in the code below to move different types of images recursively
# from source to target folder)

# Set the source and destination folder paths
$sourceFolder = "C:\Path\To\Source\Folder"
$destinationFolder = "C:\Path\To\Destination\Folder"

# Ensure the source folder exists
if (-not (Test-Path -Path $sourceFolder -PathType Container)) {
Write-Host "Source folder does not exist: $sourceFolder"
exit
}

# Ensure the destination folder exists, create it if not
if (-not (Test-Path -Path $destinationFolder -PathType Container)) {
New-Item -Path $destinationFolder -ItemType Directory -Force
}

# Recursively search for files with the extension "JPG_Original"
$files = Get-ChildItem -Path $sourceFolder -Recurse -Filter "*.JPG_Original"

# Loop through each file and move it to the destination folder
foreach ($file in $files) {
$destinationPath = Join-Path -Path $destinationFolder -ChildPath $file.Name
Move-Item -Path $file.FullName -Destination $destinationPath -Force
Write-Host "Moved: $($file.FullName) to $($destinationPath)"
}

Write-Host "Script completed."