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Al Kessler
Copper Contributor
Apr 29, 2018

Mass moving photo files from document library to picture library

Before we realized the difference in library types we started storing photos in a sub folder of the main document  library on our team site.  We now have created a Picture Library and wish to move th...
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Anonymous
Apr 29, 2018
Use internet explorer. Library tab. Open in/with explorer on both source and destination library should be able to drag between them.
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    Al Kessler
    Copper Contributor
    Apr 29, 2018

    Thanks Christopher, I got back in to the Classic view and can see that option on the Library tab, however, it is grayed out and not available.  Not sure why, I am the global admin for our site.  I just assigned SharePoint admin to another user and will find out if they are able to access the Open with Explorer option.  

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      Anonymous
      Apr 29, 2018
      You have to use internet explorer. Chrome and edge won’t work.
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        Al Kessler
        Copper Contributor
        Apr 30, 2018

        Thanks Christopher, something I should have realized :)  have been caught by the difference between functionality of browsers more than once.  And you even said internet explorer in you comment.  I got that to work once I used IE.

         

        I also got a comment from SPO Admin about internal options of the Content and Structure feature of SharePoint  http://mundrisoft.com/tech-bytes/content-and-structure-in-sharepoint-2013/

        and that works also.  The internal option is a bit cumbersome but does not seem too difficult once you know how the get it turned on and available. 

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