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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-NZ link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi All<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am sure I am not the first to ponder how to deal with this. I have loads, thousands likely, of project files in a series of folders and subfolders. I need to move those files and folders to a new location to enable other staff to use the project files and their associated shp files, geo packages, rasters etc.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Essentially, I am shifting my entire collection of GIS work to a shared location for others to start using, so moving from a sole operator to a shared environment.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>In my old MapInfo days, I would simply do a bulk search and replace over the workspace files (text-based so this is easy) and change the paths that need changing and all would be ok.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>As qgz files are not easily modified through a text editor, are there any tools out there to enable bulk changing of file paths in those files? <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Any other approaches?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'>Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'>Tony<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#404040;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'>Tony Shepherd</span></b><span style='color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'> GeoSpatial Manager @ FarmMaps NZ & Photographer @ Shepherd Photos<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'>Phone</span></i></b><span style='color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'> <b>–</b> 027 435 6193 | <b><i>Website</i> – </b><a href="http://shepherdphotos.co.nz/"><span style='color:#0563C1'>shepherdphotos.co.nz</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'>Email</span></i></b><b><span style='color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'> – Maps</span></b><span style='color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'> <a href="mailto:tony@farmmaps.nz"><span style='color:#0563C1'>tony@farmmaps.nz</span></a> | <b><i>Email</i> – Photos</b> <a href="mailto:tony@shepherdphotos.co.nz"><span style='color:#0563C1'>tony@shepherdphotos.co.nz</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'>Facebook</span></i></b><span style='color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TonyShepherdPhotos"><span style='color:#0563C1'>TonyShepherdPhotos</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'><img border=0 width=160 height=75 style='width:1.6666in;height:.7812in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01DA872A.E26AD7C0" alt="FM_logo1_small (Custom)"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>