You can use the robocopy
command in Windows Command Prompt to copy folders and subfolders without copying files. Here’s how you can do it:
- Open Command Prompt. You can do this by searching for
cmd
in the Start menu or by pressingWin + R
, typingcmd
, and pressingEnter
. - Use the
robocopy
command with the/E
and/XF *
options. The/E
option copies all subdirectories (including empty ones) and the/XF *
option excludes all files. Here’s an example:
robocopy "source_directory" "destination_directory" /E /XF *
Replace source_directory
with the path of the directory you want to copy and destination_directory
with the path where you want to copy the directory to.
For example, if you want to copy the directory structure of C:\Users\YourName\Documents
to D:\Backup
, you would use the following command:
robocopy "C:\Users\YourName\Documents" "D:\Backup" /E /XF *
This will create a copy of the Documents
directory structure (including all subfolders) in the Backup
directory, but it won’t copy any files.