How to Merge Files & Folders in Windows XP Like in Vista
- 1). Use Windows Explorer to navigate to your old and new versions of the file/folder you want to merge.
- 2). Click to select the new version of your file/folder, and then drag it into the same folder as the old version of the file/folder.
- 3). Click “Yes” when prompted to merge the new file/folder into the old one. Any information that has been added to the new file/folder will now be merged together with the old one, forming one file/folder instead of two.
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