How to move a group of files and folders while minimizing the number of intermediate errors?

[dmitrybv 3]

Hello 

How to move a group of files and folders while minimizing the number of intermediate errors?

I need to move a group of files and folders so that in case of an error, either all the files and folders remain in their old place.

Probably, I need to somehow check each file for blocking by another process and block all the files myself during the move.

[Brian Evans 109]

With any substantial number and sizes of files that could waste a lot of time as the whole operation keeps being restarted after each problem is encountered and fixed. 

 

I would suggest doing the copy with a tool that synchronizes directories then once everything is copied successfully delete from the source. Can even use the same tool for both steps - like robocopy to copy everything followed by a /MOVE pass to pick up any last minute changes while clearing out the source.