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You need to specify the folder as source, not child items (with the \* at the end) to move th complete folder:<br />

<pre><code id="code-20-42049379-1">Move-Item -Path &quot;D:\LocationA&quot; -Destination &quot;D:\LocationB&quot;</code></pre>
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You need to specify the folder as source, not child items (with the \* at the end) to move th complete folder:


Move-Item -Path "D:\LocationA" -Destination "D:\LocationB"

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OK TY for that now second part is I am moving it across volumes of different servers. I have a mapped network drive for the other servers location but this script gives an error &quot;&nbsp;Move-Item : Source and destination path must have identical roots. Move will not work across volumes.&quot;
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OK TY for that now second part is I am moving it across volumes of different servers. I have a mapped network drive for the other servers location but this script gives an error " Move-Item : Source and destination path must have identical roots. Move will not work across volumes."

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I use the Move-Item cmdlet currently to move files from my SFTP to other locations. &nbsp;I now wantr to move the FOLDERS and FILES from the server to other locations.<br />
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Move-Item D:\LocationA\* &nbsp; &nbsp;Grabs all files under the LocationA directory but does not move any subfolders residing here.
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I use the Move-Item cmdlet currently to move files from my SFTP to other locations.  I now wantr to move the FOLDERS and FILES from the server to other locations.

Move-Item D:\LocationA\*    Grabs all files under the LocationA directory but does not move any subfolders residing here.

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