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Try this:<br />
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Click Start -&gt; Run -&gt; Cmd.exe -&gt; OK<br />
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FOR /F &quot;delims=*&quot; %u IN ('DSQuery User -disabled &quot;ou=contractors,dc=company<wbr />,dc=corp,d<wbr />c=local&quot;')<wbr /> DO @DSMove %u -NewParent &quot;ou-disabled contractors,dc=company,dc=<wbr />corp,dc=lo<wbr />cal&quot;<br />
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Hope this helps!<br />
Farhan
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Try this:

Click Start -> Run -> Cmd.exe -> OK

FOR /F "delims=*" %u IN ('DSQuery User -disabled "ou=contractors,dc=company,dc=corp,dc=local"') DO @DSMove %u -NewParent "ou-disabled contractors,dc=company,dc=corp,dc=local"

Hope this helps!
Farhan

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I am attempting to move disabled users from one ou to another using the following command and I keep getting an error.<br />
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dsquery user -disabled &quot;ou=contractors,dc=company<wbr />,dc=corp,d<wbr />c=local&quot; | dsmove -newparent &quot;ou-disabled contractors,dc=company,dc=<wbr />corp,dc=lo<wbr />cal&quot;<br />
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dsmove failed:`CN=Smith\, John,OU=Contractors,DC=COM<wbr />PANY,DC=Co<wbr />rp,DC=Loca<wbr />l' is an unknown parameter.<br />
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It seems that dsmove is reading the &quot;\&quot; as a backslash instead of using it as an escape character. as required according to dsmove help.<br />
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Can someone explain to me how to correct this problem, or perhaps a better way of performing this task?
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I am attempting to move disabled users from one ou to another using the following command and I keep getting an error.

dsquery user -disabled "ou=contractors,dc=company,dc=corp,dc=local" | dsmove -newparent "ou-disabled contractors,dc=company,dc=corp,dc=local"

dsmove failed:`CN=Smith\, John,OU=Contractors,DC=COMPANY,DC=Corp,DC=Local' is an unknown parameter.

It seems that dsmove is reading the "\" as a backslash instead of using it as an escape character. as required according to dsmove help.

Can someone explain to me how to correct this problem, or perhaps a better way of performing this task?

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