noob62 Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 (edited) I'm trying to create a script to move a folder to another folder. The folder is within the users start menu folder.For example trying to move C:ProgramDataMicrosoftWindowsStart MenuProgramsAdobe to C:ProgramDataMicrosoftWindowsStart MenuProgramsCommon Programs folder in the start menu.FileMove doesn't move the whole folder just the contents which is not what I want. DirCopy won't move the folder to the new location either. Am I overlooking the correct operation somewhere to do this? Edited February 9, 2012 by noob62 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrewManNH Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Are you running the script with admin privileges? The Program Data folder is a protected folder and you have to be running the script with the correct credentials to be able to manipulate it. If I posted any code, assume that code was written using the latest release version unless stated otherwise. Also, if it doesn't work on XP I can't help with that because I don't have access to XP, and I'm not going to.Give a programmer the correct code and he can do his work for a day. Teach a programmer to debug and he can do his work for a lifetime - by Chirag GudeHow to ask questions the smart way! I hereby grant any person the right to use any code I post, that I am the original author of, on the autoitscript.com forums, unless I've specifically stated otherwise in the code or the thread post. If you do use my code all I ask, as a courtesy, is to make note of where you got it from. Back up and restore Windows user files _Array.au3 - Modified array functions that include support for 2D arrays. - ColorChooser - An add-on for SciTE that pops up a color dialog so you can select and paste a color code into a script. - Customizable Splashscreen GUI w/Progress Bar - Create a custom "splash screen" GUI with a progress bar and custom label. - _FileGetProperty - Retrieve the properties of a file - SciTE Toolbar - A toolbar demo for use with the SciTE editor - GUIRegisterMsg demo - Demo script to show how to use the Windows messages to interact with controls and your GUI. - Latin Square password generator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noob62 Posted February 9, 2012 Author Share Posted February 9, 2012 The script is running with admin privileges. The problem that I'm running into though is moving the entire folder over and not just the files within the folder. FileMove will move over all the files but not the folder which is what i'm wanting to do. This works for moving over just the files: FileMove ( "C:ProgramDataMicrosoftWindowsStart MenuProgramsAdobe", "C:ProgramDataMicrosoftWindowsStart MenuProgramsCommon Software") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noob62 Posted February 9, 2012 Author Share Posted February 9, 2012 I guess the best option would be to have it create a new folder in common software then move over the files and delete the old folder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaotkbliss Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 You may have to do a bit of a work-around to get the effect you want. First do a DirCreate to make the directory you want to move to, then you can FileMove all your files over to the new folder Finally, DirRemove the old folder 010101000110100001101001011100110010000001101001011100110010000 001101101011110010010000001110011011010010110011100100001 My Android cat and mouse gamehttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.KaosVisions.WhiskersNSqueek We're gonna need another Timmy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reg2Post Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Does this not work? FileMove ( "C:ProgramDataMicrosoftWindowsStart MenuProgramsAdobe", "C:ProgramDataMicrosoftWindowsStart MenuProgramsCommon SoftwareAdobe", 8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noob62 Posted February 9, 2012 Author Share Posted February 9, 2012 I used : DirCreate ( "C:ProgramDataMicrosoftWindowsStart MenuProgramsCommon SoftwareAdobe") FileMove ( "C:ProgramDataMicrosoftWindowsStart MenuProgramsAdobe", "C:ProgramDataMicrosoftWindowsStart MenuProgramsCommon SoftwareAdobe") DirRemove ( "C:ProgramDataMicrosoftWindowsStart MenuProgramsAdobe") That worked for what I wanted it to do. Thanks Guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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