Copying files into the application folder at compile time

Question

If I have some files I want to copy from my project into the .\\bin\\debug\\ folder on compilation, then it seems I have to put them into the root of the projec

Answer 1

copy from subfolder to subfolder

 if not exist "$(ProjectDir)$(OutDir)subfolder" mkdir "$(ProjectDir)$(OutDir)subfolder"

 copy "$(ProjectDir)subfolder\"  "$(ProjectDir)$(OutDir)subfolder\"