MoveFile

MoveFile 1.01

This MoveFile utility allows you to schedule move and delete commands for the next reboot.

  • By Sysinternals
  • Proprietary
  • Updated Feb 3, 2016
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About MoveFile

There are several applications, such as service packs and hotfixes, that must replace a file that's in use and is unable to. Windows therefore provides the MoveFileEx API to rename or delete a file and allows the caller to specify that they want the operation to take place the next time the system boots,before the files are referenced. Session Manager performs this task by reading the registered rename and delete commands from the HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\PendingFileRenameOperations value.

MoveFile usage:
The included MoveFile utility allows you to schedule move and delete commands for the next reboot:
usage: movefile [source] [dest]

Technical details

PublisherSysinternals
AuthorMark Russinovich
Version1.01
Release date2016-02-03
LicenseProprietary
Installer typezip
Architecturex86
Package IDMicrosoft.Sysinternals.MoveFile

Links & install command

Install MoveFile from the command line with Windows Package Manager (winget):

winget install --id=Microsoft.Sysinternals.MoveFile -e

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