Move files from one directory to a different directory. Then remove the original folder
#gets all origin files and moves them to destination path.
#---------------------------------------------------------
$origPath = 'C:\Users\username\Desktop\images\files'
$destPath = 'C:\destfolder\foldertest'
#---------------------------------------------------------
Write-Output "Moving files..."
Write-Output "From: $origPath"
Write-Output "To: $destPath"
try {
Get-ChildItem -Path $origPath -Recurse -File -ErrorAction Stop | `
Move-Item -Destination $destPath -ErrorAction Stop
Write-Output "File move completed."
Write-Output "Removing original directory."
#removes orignal directory
Remove-Item $origPath
Write-Output "Original directory removed."
}
catch {
Write-Output "An error was encountered:"
Write-Error $_
}