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Asked: June 10, 20262026-06-10T15:51:09+00:00 2026-06-10T15:51:09+00:00

I am copying files from One Windows machine to another using Copy-Item in Powershell

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I am copying files from One Windows machine to another using Copy-Item in Powershell script.

But I want to wait till copy completes, Powershell Copy-Item is non-blocking call means, it just triggers copy and returns to script however I want to wait till copy completes.

Is there any way to do it ?

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    2026-06-10T15:51:10+00:00Added an answer on June 10, 2026 at 3:51 pm

    Copy-Item does block. I just copied a 4.2GB file from a share on our gigabit network to my local machine. My PowerShell prompt hung and didn’t return for several minutes.

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