Moving file using cmd?

batch-file cmd window

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To move a file, you use the move command.

move "%USERPROFILE%\Downloads\Test.exe" "%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup"

I put quotes around the source and target in case you're one of those people who has spaces in their username for some reason (and the target needs them anyway for the spaces in "Start Menu").

From the output of move /?:

Moves files and renames files and directories.

To move one or more files:
MOVE [/Y | /-Y] [drive:][path]filename1[,...] destination

  [drive:][path]filename1 Specifies the location and name of the file
                          or files you want to move.
  destination             Specifies the new location of the file. Destination
                          can consist of a drive letter and colon, a
                          directory name, or a combination. If you are moving
                          only one file, you can also include a filename if
                          you want to rename the file when you move it.
  [drive:][path]dirname1  Specifies the directory you want to rename.
  dirname2                Specifies the new name of the directory.

  /Y                      Suppresses prompting to confirm you want to
                          overwrite an existing destination file.
  /-Y                     Causes prompting to confirm you want to overwrite
                          an existing destination file.

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Gabriel Philip

Updated on July 21, 2022

Comments

Gabriel Philip almost 2 years
I have a file that I have downloaded from Google (it is inside the download folder) and I want to move it to the autorun folder ( The folder where files run when the computer turns on).

I need to move the file using a cmd command ( the reason why is that it's going to be done using the USB rubber ducky. I am using windows 10 64 bit if it is any help.

The path where the file is
```
C:\Users\%USERPROFILE%\Downloads\Test.exe
```
and the path I want to move it to is
```
C:\Users\%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
```
The reason why %USERPROFILE% is that it should work on all computer.
- SomethingDark about 7 years
  
  There's a move command...
- abelenky about 7 years
  
  Why does a generalized solution that works on all computers for moving a recently downloaded file to Autorun sound like Malware/Virus?
ramyres110 about 7 years

I'm noob in english
Ansgar Wiechers about 7 years

Windows doesn't have a command mv (except as an alias in PowerShell). The question is tagged vbscript and batch-file.
Gabriel Philip about 7 years

Thanks it worked
SomethingDark about 7 years

Not sure why I got downvoted, but okay...
Joe almost 6 years

Its worked , thanks for your help @SomethingDark