Question

I have the following simple script:

$workingDir = "C:\foo\bar"
$projectsDir = "C:\foo"

Copy-Item -Path "$projectsDir\some subpath\MyFile1.dll" -Destination $workingDir
Copy-Item -Path "$projectsDir\somewhere else\MyFile2.dll" -Destination $workingDir
Copy-Item -Path "$projectsDir\another place\MyFile3.dll" -Destination $workingDir

For some unknown reason, every time I run this script it copies the files to the correct location ($workingDir) and also copies them to $projectsDir\some subpath\something\else. I have to go delete the extra files from the other location every time this script is run.

So far I’ve tried:

1. changing variable names
2. specifying -Destination "$workingDir\MyFile1.dll"
3. using $null = Copy-Item -Path "...."
4. I even tried replacing Copy-Item with xcopy.exe

and nothing changes. I put a breakpoint on the first Copy-Item command and looked at the variables – they all looked right. What’s going on here?

Answer 1

I rebooted my computer. Problem solved.