bitsadmin addfile

• Applies to:

  ✅ Windows Server 2025, ✅ Windows Server 2022, ✅ Windows Server 2019, ✅ Windows Server 2016, ✅ Windows 11, ✅ Windows 10, ✅ Azure Local, versions 23H2 and 22H2

Adds a file to the specified job.

Syntax

bitsadmin /addfile <job> <remoteURL> <localname>

Parameters

Parameter	Description
job	The job's display name or GUID.
remoteURL	The URL of the file on the server.
localname	The name of the file on the local computer. Localname must contain an absolute path to the file.

Examples

To add a file to the job:

bitsadmin /addfile myDownloadJob http://downloadsrv/10mb.zip c:\10mb.zip

Repeat this call for each file to add. If multiple jobs use myDownloadJob as their name, you must replace myDownloadJob with the job's GUID to uniquely identify the job.

Related links

• Command-Line Syntax Key

• bitsadmin command