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Hi,

You can call robocopy in the powershell script like this.

 $src = "\\server\share\"
 $dest = "\\server\Users\"
 do { $naam = Read-Host -Prompt "Please enter user logon name" } 
 while(-not $naam)
 robocopy (Join-Path $src $naam) (Join-Path $dest $naam) /E

Make sure you have full control permission to the $dest if you want to remove the $naam directory.

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Ian Xue
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Lets say i would like to move the folder (or first copy it and then delete it):

\\server\sharename (is $naam) so the source is a folder named: \\server\folder\$naam
destination is: \\server\users\$naam

$naam is a variable and i will fill that name in everytime i would doe this move or delete on the source \\server\$naam

How would i do this with robocopy or powershell when that works without acccess denied?

Hi

The do...while loop will read your input to $naam when you do input something, not just press "enter". Join-Path combines $dest and $naam into a single path "\\server\users\$naam". To move the folder you can use move-item

 $src = "\\server\folder\"
 $dest = "\\server\Users\"
 do { $naam = Read-Host -Prompt "Please enter user logon name" } 
 while(-not $naam)
 Move-Item -Path (Join-Path $src $naam) -Destination (Join-Path $dest $naam) 

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t is almost working, i have something like above and added another source like source1 and a new target target1. I have tested the move without source1 and target1 but i would really built in a check that the move succeeded before the commands remove-item, because when the move failes and the scripts goes on then the folder is removed without the move.

I have tested above with source and target, the move is done for all subfolders and files but the \\server\$naam keeps excisting so is not removed, thatswhy i use the remove-itm to delete the foldershare.

param ($naam)
if ($naam -eq $null){
$naam = Read-Host -Prompt "Please enter user logon name"
}
$Source = "\\server\$naam\"
$Target="\\share\$naam\"
$Source1= "\\server\$naam-ext\"
$Target1="\\share\$naam-\Users\ext-files\$naam-ext\"
Get-ChildItem -Path $Source | move-Item -Destination $Target -Force
Remove-Item $Source
Get-ChildItem -Path $Source1 | move-Item -Destination $Target1 -Force
Remove-Item $Source1

I have tested above but for some reason after:
Get-ChildItem -Path $Source1 | move-Item -Destination $Target1 -Force

It moves the files in the share -ext but not the subfolders so i must use (i think)
Get-ChildItem -Path $Source1 | move-Item -Destination $Target1 -Force -recurse

After the move it cannot execute:
Remove-Item $Source1

Because it says: cannot remove item cannot get-access to the file because it is in use by another process

Nothing is using that folder share because it is a test folder. So the reason for this is probleby the move-item before this command.

How can i solve this?

The goal is to completely disable user, edit the description in AD en resert its password. (this is taken care of) after this above must be activated that is:
remove the filesshares of the users and i believe for me it is easyest to move the shares to another folder and then remove the share AND all it's subfolders and file.

Hi,

Since you have moved the item to the destination path, you cannot remove it as it no longer exists in the source path. If you want to remove it later you should use copy-item instead
.

 Get-ChildItem -Path $Source1 -Recurse | Copy-Item -Destination $Target1 -Force
 Remove-Item -Path $Source1 -Recurse

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am now a little bit further:

with new-psdrive mapping 2 drive letters, 1 for $source and 1 for destination, then do a move-item from source to destination. The move is made for subfolders and files of the sourcce however again the head folder stays on the source.

\\server\share1
all subfolders of share1 or moved but \\server\share1 keeps existing on the server, thats strange to me because a move is a move?

Another last problem i have is that i want to do this action twice for another source and destination, whats the best thing to do here: like this?:
$Source = "\\server\$naam\"
$Target="\\share\$naam\"
$Source1= "\\server\$naam-ext\"
$Target1="\\share\$naam-\Users\ext-files\$naam-ext\"
New-PSDrive -Name "Z" -PSProvider "FileSystem" -Root $Source
New-PSDrive -Name "Y" -PSProvider "FileSystem" -Root $target
Get-ChildItem -Path $Source | move-Item -Destination $Target -Force
Get-PSDrive z, y | Remove-PSDrive
New-PSDrive -Name "Z" -PSProvider "FileSystem" -Root $Source1
New-PSDrive -Name "Y" -PSProvider "FileSystem" -Root $target1
Get-ChildItem -Path $Source1 | move-Item -Destination $Target1 -Force

When the driveletters already excists it givves an error but that i can live with..

Ill give up tried everything but what i do keep getting is in use by another process, this is also when making a new share on another machine and try invoke-command to remove that shared folder, same error.
I believe it is not possible simply remove share remotely without giving the whole path?

tried net share, remove-smbshare but they say the share does not excist....although i can remotely go to the share and it is on the server....

Is there somewhere a setting maybe that foldershares cannot be removed...remotely

This article may help. Robocopy wrapper for Powershell!

https://adam-bacon.netlify.app/recent-modules/robocopy/