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Example Python program folderadder.py Python version 3.x or newer. To check the Python version use:

python --version

Modules

from future import print_function #import modern python3 stuff into python2
from tkinter import filedialog, messagebox #use the tkinter gui toolkit and dialoges
import os, tkinter #import OS functions

Code

Python tkinter example

# WORKS ON PYTHON 2.7 AND 3.x
from __future__ import print_function #import modern python3 stuff into python2
from tkinter import filedialog, messagebox #use the tkinter gui toolkit and dialoges
import os, tkinter #import OS functions

### SET THE SUB-FOLDER NAME YOU WANT TO ADD TO
### ALL YOUR FOLDERS HERE:

subfoldername = "changeme"

##################################################

#GUI setup
root = tkinter.Tk() #set up the basic tkinter window
root.withdraw() #hide the default empty window

#use a message box to tell user what to do
messagebox.showinfo("Lazy Newb Folder Adder", "Go inside the folder you need\nthat contains your folders to\nadd subfolders to")
dirlocation = filedialog.askdirectory() #open the file chooser, and save the result
dirs = next(os.walk(dirlocation))[1] #get the first column in a info list of directories and store it

#loop through each directory one after another and add a subfolder to it
for i in dirs:
    print(dirlocation + i + "/" + subfoldername)
    #use try/except so if it fails to make a directory (because it exists), that it keeps going without quitting
    try:
        os.makedirs(dirlocation + "/" + i + "/" + subfoldername)

        #print any errors as it keeps going
    except Exception as e:
        print(e)

Useful Links

Articles: https://python-commandments.org/
Python shell: https://bsdnerds.org/learn-python/
Tutorial: https://pythonprogramminglanguage.com/