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Kimberly Roetman
Iron Contributor
Dec 11, 2020
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SharePoint Online - Cannot move folder to a different site

I'm trying to use the 'Move To' function to move a folder to a library on a different site. Typically, I select the folder, click "Move To", and select a site from the information panel. Today I see ...
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  • LethalDose's avatar
    LethalDose
    Jan 26, 2021

    It has been fixed. "Move" works for big files (over 600MB) and many items as before.

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microdot187
Copper Contributor
Dec 23, 2020
Interesting little update to try... I can't as it's a global setting and would need to go through change control plus the fact that I cannot reproduce this issue in our test tenant, but here's a response from MS... I wouldn't suggest doing this in production of course...

Quoting here...

"So the answer is not what I was expecting. I assume your library is under 30,000 items and the file sizes you are trying to move with the copy function are within service limits. We have the exact same case on a different tenant. I find this difficult to describe so I am working off the article where this is noted.
Allow or prevent custom script - SharePoint in Microsoft 365 | Microsoft Docs
It says you must either allow if not allowed or disallow if allowed Custom scripts on that site. The idea is, the file size is governed by settings or detected as Custom scripting settings. This may be more explicable to you. Does that make any sense?"



Vishal Seth's avatar
Vishal Seth
Copper Contributor
Jan 04, 2021

microdot187 what does that reply mean? What does custom scripts have to do with it. I have the same problem with just trying to move a single folder with 7 items under 1 Mb total size. Moving another folder in the same location with 76 items >1 Mb works just fine.

  • Jabrumke's avatar
    Jabrumke
    Copper Contributor
    Jan 06, 2021

    Vishal Seth 

     

    If you can't copy/move between sites at all - this may be relevant

     

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/allow-or-prevent-custom-script

     

    If SharePoint was set up for your organization before 2015, your custom script settings might still be set to "Not Configured" even though in the SharePoint admin center they appear to be set to prevent users from running custom script. In this case, users won't be able to copy items between SharePoint sites and between OneDrive and SharePoint. On the Settings page of the SharePoint admin center, to accept the custom script settings as they appear, select OK, and enable cross-site copying. 

     

  • microdot187's avatar
    microdot187
    Copper Contributor
    Jan 05, 2021

    Vishal Sethexactly... i did as i was told and diligently followed their suggestions regardless... This could not be anymore of a vanilla site, these are not techy users and by design we kept it KISS...  

     

    Awaiting the patch...