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XcOder
XcOder

Reputation: 147

Moving Folder in a Directory

I have a path D:\myfolder1\mysubfolder I want to move the mysubfolder to the root(D:) Here is the code I am trying to use which gives me an error saying invalid parameter.

Public Sub Movefolder()
    Dim listFolders() As String = Directory.GetDirectories("D:\myfolder1")
    Dim curf As String

    For Each curf In listFolders 'listfolders(1) would be the mysubfolder
        Dim DirInfo As New System.IO.DirectoryInfo(curf)
        Directory.Move(curf, "D:\") 'This is where I get the error
    Next

End Sub

Can anybody point out where I am doing wrong or is there a more easier or atleast another way to it??

Upvotes: 2

Views: 5784

Answers (1)

O. R. Mapper
O. R. Mapper

Reputation: 20770

According to the docs, the destination path must include the new name of the file or directory you are moving.

As you already retrieve the DirectoryInfo for the folder being moved, you can use its Name property to get the name of the directory you are moving, which you can then append to the destination path:

For Each curf In listFolders '// listfolders(1) would be the mysubfolder
    Dim DirInfo As New System.IO.DirectoryInfo(curf)
    Directory.Move(curf, Path.Combine("D:\", DirInfo.Name))
Next

Upvotes: 4

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