Move or Rename Not Happening

[TruHak 0]

I include the following line of syntax in my script but it never happens. The same worked last year under XP. I'm running Version 1.79 on a Win7 platform. The line is as follows:

RunWait(@ComSpec & ' /c move /Y "%UserProfile%\Application Data\Autodesk\MEP 2011\enu\Support\MEP.mnr" "MEP_mnr.original"',@MyDocumentsDir,@SW_HIDE)

I've tried using RENAME with the same result. Any help?

[exodius 1]

Is the file locked? (Can you navigate to the actual file and copy/rename it through Windows Explorer?) I've noticed Windows 7 is a lot more picky about file locking than XP is.

Have you tried the FileMove command?

Edited August 30, 2010 by exodius

[TruHak 0]

I include the following line of syntax in my script but it never happens. The same worked last year under XP. I'm running Version 1.79 on a Win7 platform. The line is as follows:

RunWait(@ComSpec & ' /c move /Y "%UserProfile%\Application Data\Autodesk\MEP 2011\enu\Support\MEP.mnr" "MEP_mnr.original"',@MyDocumentsDir,@SW_HIDE)

I've tried using RENAME with the same result. Any help?

Yes, I've manually done the move and rename. Haven't tried the FileMove. I'll read about it...

[TruHak 0]

If you want to use FileMove for a rename, which the Help says to do, do you have to give the full path for the destination if it is the same or just give the new file name?

[PsaltyDS 29]

If you want to use FileMove for a rename, which the Help says to do, do you have to give the full path for the destination if it is the same or just give the new file name?

It's safer that way. If the working directory is set correctly you might get away with just the source and destination file names, but I would go for full path anyway to improve reliability.

[TruHak 0]

Well, the FileMove didn't work either. Here is what I entered:

FileMove("%UserProfile%\Application Data\Autodesk\MEP 2011\enu\Support\MEP.mnr", "%UserProfile%\Application Data\Autodesk\MEP 2011\enu\Support\MEP_mnr.original")

I must be missing something but it all seems syntactically (is that a word)correct...

[PsaltyDS 29]

Did you set Opt("ExpandEnvStrings", 1)? Otherwise by default AutoIt does not recognize the environment variables like "%UserProfile%". You should use the included macros instead, like @AppDataDir (see help file):

FileMove(@AppDataDir & "\Autodesk\MEP 2011\enu\Support\MEP.mnr", @AppDataDir & "\Autodesk\MEP 2011\enu\Support\MEP_mnr.original")

[TruHak 0]

Thank-you PsaltyDS. I am working again!