Move-Item -force -bruteforce! -THE force!!!!!!

Question

_{Wednesday, April 8, 2015 7:54 PM}

Hey guys, I'm trying to move some folders after a backup to overwrite old backups...i read online that Move-Item with -force will overwrite but no such luck

"Can't move file because files with the same name exist"

Move-Item H:\VMBackup\Current\ H:\VMBackup\Old -force

Do any of you know how to actually do this?  Google has let me down today.

All replies (2)

_{Wednesday, April 8, 2015 8:53 PM | 1 vote}

Try:

Get-ChildItem H:\VMBackup\Current\ -file | Move-Item -destination H:\VMBackup\Old -force

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_{Wednesday, April 8, 2015 8:54 PM}

The -force parameter should overwrite files with the same name. Is it possible that you don't have adequate permissions on the files you want to overwrite in the destination directory?