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Hi,

I would like to set up a rule in Hazel and I need help.

I have a folder, let's call it "Folder", inside of which there are three folders, lets call them "Subfolder 1", "Subfolder 2" and "Subfolder 3". I often drop random files & folders into "Folder".
I would like to create a rule that would take all the files & folders I drop into the "Folder" and move them somewhere, but NOT move folders "Subfolder 1", "Subfolder 2" and "Subfolder 3" as well.
How would I go about creating that rule?

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if (all) of the following conditions are met for (the file or folder being processed):
     name is not Subfolder 1
     name is not Subfolder 2
     name is not Subfolder 3

Do the following to the matched file or folder:
     …


Or

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if (all) of the following conditions are met for (the file or folder being processed):
     kind is not folder

Do the following to the matched file or folder:
     …


Thank you for your reply. However, your solutions do not work.

I tried the first one myself, but for some reason it moved all the files and even "Subfolders 1, 2 & 3". I don't know why...

The second one would work for the files, but occasionally I drop a folder in the mix and would like for Hazel ro move that one too, which this rule would not allow.

Maybe I should also mention the destination folder or the folder I'm moving all the files & folders to is a subfolder inside a folder "Subfolder 1". I doubt that matters, but if it does, now you know.

Anyway, do you have any other suggestions?

The first solution does work. Post your rule so we can find the mistake.

Before:


After:


My rule:

Try modifying to "name does not contain" to exclude the possibility of typos.

Nope. It didn't help...

Have you tested the rule preview window?

There isn't any obvious reason why this shouldn't work.

Oh! I changed the names of my folders by just dropping the ".0" part and now everything works fine.
Weird...

You know what? I bet Hazel was interpreting that period as a file extension delimiter. That's why it wasn't working! I probably should have seen this earlier!

Glad you figured out the problem.