I am trying to copy files from local computer to remote computer.
Here is my code
$localPath='D:\Apps\temp.txt'
$remoteComputerLocation='\\192.168.1.200\E$\tempfolder'
Copy-Item $localPath -Destination $remoteComputerLocation -Force
So when i try to run this i got this error
Copy-Item: The System detected a possible attempt to compromise security. Please ensure that you can contact the server that authenticated you. At line:3 char 1
Copy-Item $localPath -Destination $remoteComputerLocation -Force
+CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Copy-Item], IOException
+FullyQualifiedErrorID : System.IO.IOException, Microsoft.Powershell.Commands.CopyItemCommand.
I am using this to copy files from local computer to remote computer. I have also used -Credential parameter.
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I've written the following code to do copy .mkv files from my phone to my PC.
$source = "This PC\HUAWEI nova 3e\Internal storage\*.mkv"
$dest = "C:\Users\Kapil\Desktop\"
Copy-Item -Path $source -Destination $dest
But it gave me the following error:
Copy-Item : Cannot find path 'C:\Users\Kapil\This PC\HUAWEI nova 3e\Internal storage' because it does not exist.
At line:3 char:1
+ Copy-Item -Path $source -Destination $dest
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (C:\Users\Kapil\...nternal storage:String) [Copy-Item], ItemNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.CopyItemCommand
How do I set the correct source path? Is it possible to do this operation this way?
The script is looking in the C: drive for your android storage. You need to provide the full path to the android phone, but I've had trouble with this in the past, since it's not a recognized drive (Like for instance C:), but you can use adb to pull files from android.
Have a look at this:
Android: adb pull file on desktop
I need to copy a file from a Linux samba server to various Windows Server 2008.
The shared folder has a specific login and is read-only.
I can access and copy the shared file using Windows Explorer without a problem.
But, when using PowerShell to copy the file, it always give an error as shown below.
I have tried using Copy-item, robocopy and bitstransfer but they all give an error.
$arq = "file.zip"
$downloadSource = "\\domain.or.ip\sharedfolder\$arq"
echo $downloadSource
Copy-Item -Path "$downloadSource" -Destination ".\$arqAgenteZabbix"
this method gives me the following error
Copy-Item : Access denied
CategoryInfo : PermissionDenied: (\domain.or.ip\sharedfolder\file.zip:String) [Copy-Item], UnauthorizedAc
cessException
FullyQualifiedErrorId : ItemExistsUnauthorizedAccessError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.CopyItemCommand
...
Copy-Item: path not found...
So, I tried adding a credential parameter
$credencial = New-PSSession -ComputerName "serverhostname" -Credential "serverhostname\sharedfolder"
Copy-Item -Path "$downloadSource" -Destination ".\$arqAgenteZabbix" -ToSession $credencial
But received this error after typing my password:
"New-PSSession : [pxl0mon00013] Fail to connect to remote server >serverhostname ...
WinRM cannot process the request... error 0x80090311 ...
CategoryInfo : OpenError (System.Manageme....RemoteRunspace:RemoteRunspace) [New-PSSession], PSRemotin
gTransportException
FullyQualifiedErrorId : AuthenticationFailed,PSSessionOpenFailed
Then, I decided to give BitsTransfer a shot.
Import-Module bitstransfer
$arq = "file.zip"
$downloadSource = "\\domain.or.ip\sharedfolder\$arq"
Start-BitsTransfer -DisplayName DownloadName `
-TransferType Download `
-Source $downloadSource `
-Destination .\$arq
And it also gave me an error:
Start-BitsTransfer : path not found
'\domain.or.ip\sharedfolder\file.zip' does not exist.
CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (\domain.or.ip\sharedfolder\file.zip:String) [Start-BitsTransfer], ParentC
ontainsErrorRecordException
FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.BackgroundIntelligentTransfer.Management.NewBitsTransferCommand
How can I make this file copy, please?
EDIT - 20190403
I tried the following:
get-childitem \\domain.or.ip\sharedfolder\
which resulted in:
Get-ChildItem : Cannot find path '\\domain.or.ip\sharedfolder\' because it does not exist.
At line:1 char:3
+ ls <<<< \\domain.or.ip\sharedfolder\
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (\domain.or.ip\sharedfolder\:String) [Get-ChildItem], ItemNotFo
undException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetChildItemCommand
So, I opened Explorer and pasted \domain.or.ip\sharedfolder\ at the address bar. It asked me for username and password, then, the file was available.
After that, I returned to PowerShell and tried once again the same Get-ChildItem cmdlet. Then, I was able to list the shared folder contents as expected.
Directory: \\domain.or.ip\sharedfolder
Mode LastWriteTime Length Name
---- ------------- ------ ----
-a--- 01/04/2019 10:06 3896455 file.zip
Finally, I tried:
Copy-Item -Path \\domain.or.ip\sharedfolder\file.zip -Destination ".\file.zip"
And it was copied successfully.
Well, only after I entered my login information in Explorer that PowerShell was able to find the shared folder.
But I need it to copy without having to open explorer.
You can provide alternate credentials with Invoke-Command:
Invoke-Command -ScriptBlock {
$arq = "file.zip"
$downloadSource = "\\domain.or.ip\sharedfolder\$arq"
echo $downloadSource
Copy-Item -Path "$downloadSource" -Destination ".\$arqAgenteZabbix"
} -Credential $Cred
I finally managed to successfully copy the shared file in a relative simple way. I used "NET USE" command to open a session and copy the file, like shown below.
$arq = "file.zip"
$downloadSource = "\\domain.or.ip\sharedfolder"
net use $downloadSource /persistent:no /user:[user] [pass]
Copy-Item -Path "$downloadSource\$arq" -Destination ".\$arq"
net use $downloadSource /delete
Now, a new challenge... encrypt the clear-text password.
PS C:\Windows\system32> Copy-Item -ToSession $s C:\Programs\temp\test.txt -Destination C:\Programs\temp\test.txt
Copy-Item : A parameter cannot be found that matches parameter name
'ToSession'. At line:1 char:11
Copy-Item -ToSession $s C:\Programs\temp\test.txt -Destination C:\Programs\temp\ ...
~~~~~~~~~~
CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Copy-Item], ParameterBindingException
FullyQualifiedErrorId : NamedParameterNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.CopyItemCommand
As it is noted in the change list of PoSh V5 here and you tagged your question with V4 the simple answer is probably your version's Copy-Item cmdlet does not provide that parameter
Copy-Item now lets you copy files or folders from one Windows
PowerShell session to another, meaning that you can copy files to
sessions that are connected to remote computers, (including computers
that are running Nano Server, and thus have no other interface). To
copy files, specify PSSession IDs as the value of the new -FromSession
and -ToSession parameters, and add –Path and –Destination to specify
origin path and destination, respectively. For example, Copy-Item
-Path c:\myFile.txt -ToSession $s -Destination d:\destinationFolder.
I'm seeing a strange behavior with the "Copy-Item" cmdlet. It looks like the cmdlet errors out if the source location is a local location that does not exist, but completely ignores that if the source is a network location that does not exist.
For e.g.
Copy-Item \\server\share\thisdoesnotexist\* -Destination c:\temp -ErrorAction Stop
This command doesn't show any errors even if the source share is invalid. However,
Copy-Item c:\thisdoesnotexist\* -Destination c:\temp -ErrorAction Stop
throws an error that looks like:
Copy-Item : Cannot find path 'C:\thisdoesnotexist' because it does not exist.
At line:1 char:1
+ Copy-Item c:\thisdoesnotexist\* -Destination c:\temp -ErrorAction Stop;
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (C:\thisdoesnotexist:String) [Copy-Item], ItemNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.CopyItemCommand
What's going on here? I checked TechNet but couldn't see anything there that talked about this. My question is:
Is this expected?
Is there a way to make the cmdlet fail when source network share is invalid as well?
Thanks for any pointers!
In one of my script, it tries to copy an exe to C:\Windows\Temp folder. For example:
Copy-Item repo\filename.exe -Destination \\$machine_name\C$\Windows\Temp
Error Message:
Copy-Item : The network path was not found.
At D:\CMPortal\Scripts\ClientRepair\RepairCCMClient.ps1:122 char:33
+ if(Copy-Item <<<< cmsetup.exe -Destination \\$install_cmexec\C$\Windows\Temp)
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Copy-Item], IOException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.IO.IOException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.CopyItemCommand
When I run the same command manually, it works. Dont know whats wrong.
Is there any to overwrite the file if the copying file exists in the destination?
Thanks in advance.
Are you using the quotes correctly?
Copy-Item 'repo\filename.exe' -Destination "\\$machine_name\C`$\Windows\Temp" -Force
Does $install_cmexec contains a server name?
Also, make sure the user who runs the script has the appropriate permissions on the target path.