“Move will not work across volumes” - Why? And how to overcome?

Question

Why is it that File.Move(sourceFileName, destFileName) works fine when the source file and destination files are in different partitions, but Directory.Mo

Answer 1

Another option is, to add a reference to the Microsoft.VisualBasic namespace and use the MoveDirectory method, which can move across volumes.

Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO.FileSystem.MoveDirectory(sourceDirName, destDirName);