Solved Move files folder by folder with bat file

zelarra821 · Feb 1, 2025

Good morning.

I'm trying to create a bat file that copies files from different folders.

I've tried this code but I can't get it to work:

Code:

@echo off

::Mover audios

move /Y D:\Bandeja de entrada\000 Móvil\Audios\*.* D:\Bandeja de entrada\Audios

::Mover Documentos

move /Y D:\Bandeja de entrada\000 Móvil\Documentos\*.* D:\Bandeja de entrada\Documentos

::Mover Imágenes

move /Y D:\Bandeja de entrada\000 Móvil\Imágenes\*.* D:\Bandeja de entrada\Imágenes

::Mover Vídeos

move /Y D:\Bandeja de entrada\000 Móvil\Vídeos\*.* D:\Bandeja de entrada\Vídeos

::Mover ZZZ Comprobar

move /Y D:\Bandeja de entrada\000 Móvil\ZZZ Comprobar\*.* D:\Bandeja de entrada\ZZZ Comprobar

I've also been looking for a way to stop the command window from showing.

Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?

Thank you very much.

pseymour · Feb 1, 2025

At first glance, your folder paths have spaces in them. You need to wrap them in double quotes.

“D:\Bandeja de entrada\000 Móvil\Vídeos\*.*”

“D:\Bandeja de entrada\Vídeos”

zelarra821 · Feb 1, 2025

pseymour said:
At first glance, your folder paths have spaces in them. You need to wrap them in double quotes.

“D:\Bandeja de entrada\000 Móvil\Vídeos\*.*”

“D:\Bandeja de entrada\Vídeos”

System can find path that I write in bat file

hsehestedt · Feb 1, 2025

Let's start with basics. Open a command prompt and run the following commands. Provide a copy of the output:

D:
cd "D:\Bandeja de entrada\000 Móvil\Audios"
cd "D:\Bandeja de entrada\Audios"

If either of the commands starting with "cd" fail then that path is not valid.

IMPORTANT: If you use the lines provided by @pseymour by copying and pasting them, make sure to ERASE the double quote marks and retype them. As shown in his post, these are "smart quotes" and need to be replaced with "straight quotes". Batch files hate smart quotes!

Example of a smart quote: “D:\Bandeja de entrada\Vídeos”
Now with straight quotes: "D:\Bandeja de entrada\Vídeos"

The visible difference here in the forum is minimal, but they are in fact different characters. Here is a better example where it is more obvious in Notepad:

Berton · Feb 1, 2025

This may be of small interest in naming of files, prohibited characters:

zelarra821 · Feb 1, 2025

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hsehestedt · Feb 1, 2025

DO NOT edit batch files in Word!!! Word adds special formatting characters that are not visible. Use Notepad, Notepad++, etc.

Don't copy from Word into Notepad. Retype the commands from scratch.

zelarra821 · Feb 1, 2025

hsehestedt said:
DO NOT edit batch files in Word!!! Word adds special formatting characters that are not visible. Use Notepad, Notepad++, etc.

Don't copy from Word into Notepad. Retype the commands from scratch.

I write all in Notepad. I only use Word to show quotes

hsehestedt · Feb 1, 2025

What happens if you manually type one of those lines? Just to be safe, type it from scratch - no copy / paste.

zelarra821 · Feb 1, 2025

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dacrone · Feb 1, 2025

try it with PowerShell and see if it works. just to narrow down testing

Code:

Move-Item -Path "D:\Bandeja de entrada\000 Móvil\Audios\*.*" -Destination "D:\Bandeja de entrada\Audios"

(also - not sure as i dont have the same language keyboard as you, but possibly take the ó in Móvil and change it to o to avoid any character issues/conflicts?)

Berton · Feb 1, 2025

hsehestedt said:
DO NOT edit batch files in Word!!! Word adds special formatting characters that are not visible. Use Notepad, Notepad++, etc.

Don't copy from Word into Notepad. Retype the commands from scratch.

Agreed. That was a standard caveat back in DOS days when writing programs and early HTML coding.

zelarra821 · Feb 1, 2025

dacrone said:
try it with PowerShell and see if it works. just to narrow down testing

Code:

Move-Item -Path "D:\Bandeja de entrada\000 Móvil\Audios\*.*" -Destination "D:\Bandeja de entrada\Audios"

(also - not sure as i dont have the same language keyboard as you, but possibly take the ó in Móvil and change it to o to avoid any character issues/conflicts?)

It works.

So, how should I create a new file to execute that powershell script?

dacrone · Feb 1, 2025

zelarra821 said:
It works.

So, how should I create a new file to execute that powershell script?

use this template:

Code:

<# :
  @echo off
    powershell /nologo /noprofile /command ^
        "&{[ScriptBlock]::Create((cat """%~f0""") -join [Char[]]10).Invoke(@(&{$args}%*))}"
  exit /b
#>

# POWERSHELL_COMMANDS_HERE

zelarra821 · Feb 1, 2025

dacrone said:

use this template:

Code:

<# :
  @echo off
    powershell /nologo /noprofile /command ^
        "&{[ScriptBlock]::Create((cat """%~f0""") -join [Char[]]10).Invoke(@(&{$args}%*))}"
  exit /b
#>

# POWERSHELL_COMMANDS_HERE

I think I'm doing something wrong...

dacrone · Feb 1, 2025

run it as admin and see what happens. depends on the perms set on that D: drive. i know you cant run commands directly in the root of C: without admin cmd

zelarra821 · Feb 1, 2025

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dacrone · Feb 1, 2025

zelarra821 said:
It works.

so then what worked?

zelarra821 · Feb 1, 2025

dacrone said:
so then what worked?

Execute in powershell window.

Bat files doesn't work

dacrone · Feb 1, 2025

zelarra821 said:
Execute in powershell window.

Bat files doesn't work

just ran the below and it worked. had a "test.txt" inside test and it moved it inside test2. non-admin. has to be a perms issue on your D: drive

Code:

<# :
  @echo off
    powershell /nologo /noprofile /command ^
        "&{[ScriptBlock]::Create((cat """%~f0""") -join [Char[]]10).Invoke(@(&{$args}%*))}"
  exit /b
#>

Move-Item -Path "C:\Users\ME\Desktop\test\*.*" -Destination "C:\Users\ME\Desktop\test2\"

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