Solved Move files folder by folder with bat file

zelarra821 · Feb 2, 2025

View attachment 20250202_060109.mp4

dacrone · Feb 2, 2025

Are you saying it worked now or just that it works on desktop but still not on D:?

zelarra821 · Feb 2, 2025

dacrone said:
Are you saying it worked now or just that it works on desktop but still not on D:?

Desktop: it works

Inside drive D: it doesn't

In the video you can see perms

dacrone · Feb 2, 2025

Run the test again but make it

D:\test\test.txt

and

D:\test2\

To see if it works on D at all

zelarra821 · Feb 2, 2025

dacrone said:
Run the test again but make it

D:\test\test.txt

and

D:\test2\

To see if it works on D at all

I execute bat file from Desktop on C it works.

So it doesn't work if I execute bat file from D to move file on D.

dacrone · Feb 2, 2025

zelarra821 said:
I execute bat file from Desktop on C it works.

So it doesn't work if I execute bat file from D to move file on D.

Add the following as the first line for your powershell commands:

Code:

Set-Location -Path D:\

zelarra821 · Feb 2, 2025

dacrone said:
Add the following as the first line for your powershell commands:

Code:

Set-Location -Path D:\

It doesn't work.

Neither If I do as admin

dacrone · Feb 2, 2025

Launch powershell as admin. Run:

Code:

Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted

and

Code:

set-executionpolicy remotesigned

Close the console and try again

zelarra821 · Feb 2, 2025

do you mean in this way????

dacrone · Feb 2, 2025

No. Run those 2 commands in an admin powershell. Then close powershell and try your batch again. You can also remove Set-Location. That was a test

zelarra821 · Feb 2, 2025

View attachment 20250202_100346.mp4

I reboot laptop after record video and test the batch file, but it doesn't work either.

dacrone · Feb 2, 2025

Try this as the only line in the batch. Replace SOURCE and DESTINATION with one of yours.

Code:

Move-Item -Path D:\SOURCE\*.* -Destination D:\DESTINATION\ -Confirm -Force

zelarra821 · Feb 2, 2025

Both tested.

Neither.

dacrone · Feb 2, 2025

So

Code:

Move-Item -Path "D:\Bandeja de entrada\000 Móvil\Audios\*.*" -Destination "D:\Bandeja de entrada\Audios"

in powershell console works. does not work in .bat file.

Make a new .bat with this test. This is to COPY, not move. Just to test

Code:

echo off
cmd.exe /C
robocopy "D:\Bandeja de entrada\000 Móvil\Audios\*.*" "D:\Bandeja de entrada\Audios" /E

zelarra821 · Feb 2, 2025

Tested as admin, as user, in D, but none works

What about changing perms?

dacrone · Feb 2, 2025

If that move-item command runs in powershell console without running as admin it doesn’t sound like permissions issues.

Read some and test some from here:

Using PowerShell Move-Item Cmdlet to Move Files

PowerShell Move-Item cmdlet is used to move files and directories from one location to another. Learn how to use move-item in powershell.

blog.netwrix.com

zelarra821 · Feb 2, 2025

Some questions:

1. D:\Bandeja de entrada\000 Móvil is a hidden folders, but its subfolders not.

2. Checking what we has done, we never get move subfolders content inside D:\Bandeja de entrada\000 Móvil to D:\Bandeja de entrada subfolders.

dacrone · Feb 2, 2025

Is D an external drive connected locally or a network drive?

zelarra821 · Feb 2, 2025

I don't know how to tell in English:

My laptop has two hard disk: one of them HDD (C drive, where Windows is installed) and another SSD (D drive, where I have all my information), but both are inside my laptop.

Do you understand me????

TairikuOkami · Feb 2, 2025

Would not renaming .bat to .ps1 work? Do you have to use bat? Anyway, this seems to work for me:

Code:

start "" C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe "Move-Item -Path "D:\SOURCE\*.*" -Destination "D:\DESTINATION"

If you still want to use .bat

Code:

move /y "D:\SOURCE\*.*" "D:\DESTINATION"

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