Can’t move file – Error 0x800401E5: No object for moniker

How we suddenly got 0x800401E5 errors

Some time ago we changed the desktop folder location for every user from C:\Users\<name>\Desktop to X:\Desktopwith a new group policy rule. This apparantly led to some complications for a few users because the local Windows registry didn’t update the paths somehow. Luckily it only affected a few users so we found a manual workaround.

Fix by using regedit or push out to users with GPO

Open regedit and navigate to the following two locations:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders

Change the Desktop value to correct folder. Remember to do it in both locations.

List members of AD group

Example

Open the Powershell shell (pun intended) on your domain controller and run the following command:
Get-ADGroupMember 'groupname'

This will list all members of the ‘groupname’ group in your shell. List pipe it into a text file instead:
Get-ADGroupMember 'groupname' > list.txt

We don’t need those unecessary columns though, so let’s just list the NAME column and nothing else:
Get-ADGroupMember 'groupname' | select name > list.txt

Troubleshooting

Run the shell as admin…

Simple Robocopy backup script

Robocopy syntax to copy all NEW or EDITED files from source to destination dir:

robocopy "%src%" "%dest%" /E /W:1 /R:1 /XC /log+:"robocopy_log.txt"

Description of the parameters:

  • /E = Copies subdirectories. Note that this option includes empty directories. If you wish to exclude empty directories, use /S.
  • /W:1 = Specifies the wait time between retries, in seconds. The default value of N is 30 (wait time 30 seconds).
  • /R:1 = Specifies the number of retries on failed copies. The default value of N is 1,000,000 (one million retries).
  • /XC = Excludes changed files.
  • /log+: = Writes the status output to the log file (appends the output to the existing log file).

Windows batch script to setup a scheduled task to run the robocopy command:

@echo off
title Robocopy Backup
echo.
echo Initial configuration for automatic backup with Robocopy + Task Scheduler
echo.

echo Step 1 - setup Robocopy:
echo.
set /p src=Backup FROM dir: 
set /p dest=Backup TO dir: 
(
echo cd %userprofile%\Desktop
echo robocopy "%src%" "%dest%" /E /W:1 /R:1 /XC /log+:"robocopy_log.txt"
)> %userprofile%\robocopy.bat

echo.
echo Step 2 - setup Task Scheduler:
echo.
schtasks /create /tn "Robocopy Backup" /tr "%userprofile%\robocopy.bat" /SC HOURLY
echo.
echo Done
echo.

pause

Copy & paste the text into a text editor and save it as a .bat file to make it executable.

When running this script you will setup a scheduled task which runs the robocopy.bat file every hour. Really great and time-saving if you work in a local folder on your C drive and wish to periodically take incremental backups to a network storage for instance.

Map network share without being on domain

Windows

Please note you must have access to a user account with NTFS permissions to access the file share (unless it’s open to everyone).

  • Open command prompt
  • Type the following command:
    net use x: \\server\share /user:domain\username password

Example:
net use y: \\itdb1\home /user:itdb\kek 123456

If the share is open for everyone, you can dismiss the user arguments:
net use y: \\itdb1\home

Keep in mind that if you already are on the domain and try to map a network share with another user than you’re currently logged in with, you will see the error message:

System error 1219 has occured.

Multiple connections to a server or shared resource by the same user, using more than one user name, are not allowed. Disconnect all previous connections to the server or shared resource and try again.

Linux

Linux can also access NTFS mounts. Run the following commands in your terminal:

  • Create a folder which will be used for connecting to the share:
    $ sudo mkdir /mnt/ShareName
  • Mount the network share to your folder:
    • Without user authentication:
      $ sudo mount -t cifs //server/share /mnt/ShareName
    • With user authentication:
      $ sudo mount -t cifs -o username=itdb\kek,password=123456 //itdb1/home /mnt/ShareName

Backup MySQL data using mysqldump

Backup complete database:

mysqldump -u <username> -p<password> <dbname> > dbname.sql

Backup only specific tables:

mysqldump -u <username> -p<password> <dbname> <tablename> \ > tablename.sql

Restore a .sql file:

mysql -u <username> -p<password> <dbname> < file.sql

Note: There can’t be any empty spaces between -p and the password parameter.

Examples:

mysqldump -u root -p123456 itdb > itdb_280912.sql
mysqldump -u root -p123456 itdb itdb_posts \ > itdb_posts_280912.sql
mysql -u root -p123456 itdb < itdb_backup.sql

Setup automated database backup with mysqldump and cron jobs for Linux

Start cron manager by running command $ crontab -e and type the following line at the bottom:

0 4 * * * sudo mysqldump -u root -p<password> <dbname> | gzip > /mnt/nas/<dbname>_bak_`data ' %Y-%m-%d'`.sql.gz

This will create a job entry in cron which starts every night at 0400 AM. What it does is running mysqldump to backup the specified <dbname> and also compresses it to a gzip file and saves it to /mnt/nas/ (replace with wherever you want to store the file).

Open Computer Management as administrator in W7

Method #1 – Executable binary file

  • Open Windows Explorer and navigate to:
    C:\Windows\System32
  • Hold the [Shift] button and right-click on compmgmt.msc and press Run as administrator or Run as other userif you wish to use another user.

 

Method #2 – Command prompt

  • Open the Command Prompt and enter:
    runas /user:domain\username "mmc compmgmt.msc"
    Note: You must include mmc to inform the runas command that this is a Microsoft Management Console snap-in instead of an ordinary Win32 application

 

Method #3 – Context options menu

  • Simply right-click on Computer or This PC from the Startmenu or Windows Explorer and click on Manage. In most circumstances this will trigger the UAC prompt
    Computer context menu

 

In addition to compmgmt.msc, here are some other useful Windows snap-ins:

  • compmgmt.msc – Computer management
  • lusrmgr.msc – Local users and groups
  • perfmon.msc – Resource monitor
  • devmgmt.msc – Device manager
  • printmanagement.msc – Print management
  • taskschd.msc – Task scheduler
  • services.msc – Services

Find more snap-ins by going to %windir%\system32 and searching for *.msc files.