Kevin Kittinger​ -

Without some heavy lifting, this is not straightforward. Lists with folders are generally a nightmare as moving items around in the folders is difficult (in my experience).

I would highly recommend creating different views for each category (or folder) and approach it that way. This keeps everything still in one list and limits what users see (if they are switching views).

If permissions are an issue, or visibility of items, you can always try changing the Read and Create/Edit access users have on the list itself. I would create user groups based on roles and apply it to the list as it would be the easiest approach in my eyes.

Hope this helps!

You can move file to a folder by  update item component by updating Name value with foldername/filename. This works for moving files from root folder to sub folder. But i could not find out the way to move from subfolder to root.

The question is about a list, not a document library. Nintext workflow won't let you change name.