How to move file VB.NET

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im making a antivirus and with real time scanning a dialog shows when a virus is found but when i click quarantine its suppost to move the file to a folder ect but

System.IO.File.Move(Label1.Text, Application.StartupPath & "\Quarantine\")

isnt working and the directory does exist btw nothing happens to the file.can anyone help me out? thanks in advance

What I have tried:

System.IO.File.Move(Label1.Text, Application.StartupPath & "\Quarantine\")

Posted 20-Aug-17 0:47am

Helpmecodeplz

Updated 20-Aug-17 1:05am

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Thomas Daniels 20-Aug-17 6:52am

What do you mean by "isn't working"? Does it give an error? Or does it just not move the file? And does the file in Label1.Text exist?

Helpmecodeplz 20-Aug-17 7:00am

yeah it does exist and no i doesnt give an error i just doent move the file do you know how i could solve this or a diffent method. thanks

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2017-08-20T01:05:00

When you move a file, you need to specify a whole destination file name, not just a folder.
For example:

File.Move(label1.Text, Path.Combine(quarantinePath, Path.GetFileName(label1.Text)))

Always use Path.Combine instead of concatenation - it sorts out trailing backslashes for you.

But ... the reason I used "quarantinePath" as a variable instead of Application.StartUpPath is because you shouldn't try to write to the App program folder - in production that will be below the "Program Files" which is read only without Admin permissions. In an antivirus app, that is especially important, as you would be moving dangerous files into an area that Windows expects to find executable files in...

Instead of that, use a "sensible" folder, or which there are quite a few. This may help: Where should I store my data?[^] - the code is all C#, but it's all very basic stuff.