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I'm skipping the Windows File Explorer and using this 30-year-old command-line tool to move files

Command-line tools rule for many reasons, and Robocopy is one of the best ones.
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I can't write PowerShell, so I had Claude do it for me — here's what I automated

I'm not well-versed in automating things on Windows. I know the concepts around Task Scheduler, PowerShell, batch files, and the like, but if I try to use these tools, I know I'll end up in some forum ...

Why PowerShell try/catch fails and how to distinguish retryable errors | Reducing nightly batch rework from 130 to 10 minutes per month

Even though I wrote try/catch properly, my nightly batch was finishing as "Success" while still outputting errors. I ...
Ars Technica

Any powershell pro's have a few minutes to check my robocopy script?

If the powershell.exe process running the script is using next to 0% CPU, you're likely blocked on a command-line program waiting for input from the user. Also, you can run it in powershell_isa.exe ...
MCPmag

Using Robocopy To Transfer Files

The GUI is fine if you're only moving a few files, but for larger and more complex migrations, this built-in Windows utility is the way to go. There are many ways to get a file from Point A to Point B ...
Ars Technica

Need ROBOCOPY-like functionality for an explicit list of files

I have about 600GB of data to copy from one server to another. Normally, I'd use ROBOCOPY for this so I can skip copying files which are identical between both systems. In this case, however, I need ...
Network World

Using PowerShell to take Virtual Server snapshots… (Part Four)

This is my fourth and final posting in this series. In this last posting I will be wrapping the backup script that we have been working on. Most of this post will be code, so mind the formatting. To ...
Redmond

Using PowerShell to Restore Backup Data

A while back, I developed a PowerShell script that I use for creating air gapped backups of my file data. Even though I put a lot of effort into building this script and testing it over and over again ...