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john
Asked: 2011-09-21 07:41:23 +0800 CST

Has anyone used WMI_OfflineFilesCache::RenameItem to rename offline files?

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The reason I ask is that I have been researching how to rename items once an offline files target has been changed. It seems that so far there are two options:

  • CSCCMD.exe - Which appears to be a legacy utility from XP
  • WMI - The method I chose to go for as it seems more recent

I have been trying to do it in PowerShell with the following command, but keep getting errors. Perhaps you could help me debug it:

Invoke-WmiMethod -Class WIN32_OfflineFilesCache -Name RenameItem -ArgumentList ("\\server1\Share\john\", "\\server2\Documents\john\", $false)

I've been getting various errors, including COMException and DirectoryNotFoundException, though I think I have dealt with the latter.

That I have found, there doesn't seem to be a useful set of CMDlets or command-line tools to work with offline files. Am I over-complicating the situation by not using CSCCMD and is there a vlid reason why I have to go and find it on the web?

powershell wmi windows-7 offline-files

1 Answers

  1. Yet a third option would be using the C++ native API instead of WMI.

    The RenameItem method you're interested in is here.

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