How to download folders from sharepoint server 2019 site?

Question

Using SharePoint 2019 and I've got a list with over 4k files and folders. How can I allow standard site users to be able to copy/move folders from one section into another? Example I want to take a folder from List Alpha and move it into list beta. The goal is to accomplish this without using power shell or one drive if possible. If power shell must be used please provide a script that could accomplish the request if possible. Thank you in advance!

Answer 1

Hi @Tevon2.0 ,

Unfortunately, there is no direct way to move a folder from List Alpha to List beta in SharePoint 2019.

The most convenient way is to use Powershell to achieve.

Here are steps and code ( For example, you need to move the folder named "folder1" from list alpha to list beta. ):

Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
$url = "http://sp19:3571/sites/xyzatest/"
$web = Get-SPWeb $url
$list = $web.Lists["Alpha"]

foreach($folder in $list.Folders)
{
  if($folder.Name -eq "folder1")
  {
    $query = New-Object -Type 'Microsoft.SharePoint.SPQuery'
    $query.Folder = $folder.Folder
    $folderItems = $list.GetItems($query)

    foreach($item in $folderItems)
    {
      $file = $web.GetFile($item.Url)
      $targetPath = "beta/folder1/" + $file.Name
      $file.MoveTo($targetPath)
    }
  }
}

1.Create an empty folder named "folder1" in list beta.

2.Replace the siteurl:

$url = "http://sp19:3571/sites/xyzatest/"

3.Use SharePoint 2019 management Shell to run the code.

The result of the operation is as follows:

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