unable to move a folder from Site Pages

Question

Hi everyone,

A staff member has accidentally moved a folder containing many files into the Site Pages section, and we’re unable to find a way to relocate it to another location besides Site Pages without manually saving each file individually, which is very time-consuming.

My question is: is there an easy way to move this folder and its files to another location, such as a document library?

Thank you for your help!

Answer 1

Hi @Aran Billen,

Please try this PowerShell script to move folder to another library. Be sure to set the parameters, such as the Site URL and source directory.

#Load SharePoint CSOM Assemblies
Add-Type -Path "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\16\ISAPI\Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.dll"
Add-Type -Path "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\16\ISAPI\Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Runtime.dll"
 
#Function to Move a Folder
Function Move-SPOFolder([String]$SiteURL, [String]$FolderSourceURL, [String]$FolderTargetURL )
{
    Try{
        #Setup the context
        $Ctx = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientContext($SiteURL)
        $Ctx.Credentials = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.SharePointOnlineCredentials($Cred.Username, $Cred.Password)
     
        #Move the Folder
        $MoveCopyOpt = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.MoveCopyOptions
        #$MoveCopyOpt.KeepBoth = $True
        [Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.MoveCopyUtil]::MoveFolder($Ctx, $FolderSourceURL, $FolderTargetURL, $MoveCopyOpt)
        $Ctx.ExecuteQuery()
 
        Write-host -f Green "Folder Moved Successfully!"
    }
    Catch {
    write-host -f Red "Error Moving the Folder!" $_.Exception.Message
    }
}
 
#Set Config Parameters
$SiteURL="https://mycompany.sharepoint.com/"
$FolderSourceURL="https://mycompany.sharepoint.com/sites/sitename/SitePages/foldername"
$FolderTargetURL="https://mycompany.sharepoint.com/sites/sitename/libraryname/foldername"
 
#Get Credentials to connect
$Cred= Get-Credential
 
#Call the function to Move the Folder
Move-SPOFolder $SiteURL $FolderSourceURL $FolderTargetURL

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