Command Prompt: Why do I get “cannot find the path specified” when I move a folder (with contents) from the desktop to a new directory?

Question

move C:\\%USERNAME%\\Desktop\\TZClock C:\\%USERNAME%\\Start Menu\\Programs\\TZClock

I keep getting system cannot find the path specified. But I can

Answer 1

If you want to move more than one directory using wildcard, you can use FOR /D command. Type this in command-line (don't forget to replace _source_dirs_ and _destination_dir_ with your directories):

FOR /D %p IN ("_source_dirs_*") DO MOVE %p _destination_dir_