P$ script, copy file, move and rename, rename old file to include last months date

Hello Marc,

this should be OK as a start for what you're looking for, just adapt it to your use case

$RenPat = (Get-Culture).DateTimeFormat.GetAbbreviatedMonthName((Get-Date).AddMonths(-1).Month)

if (Test-Path 'c:\temp\setup.exe') {
    Rename-Item 'c:\temp\setup.exe' -NewName $RenPat"_setup.exe"
}

Invoke-WebRequest -Uri 'https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/releases/download/v8.5.3/npp.8.5.3.Installer.x64.exe' -OutFile 'c:\temp\setup.exe'


Get-ChildItem -Path 'c:\temp\' | Where-Object { ($_.Name -like '*_Setup.exe') -and ($_.LastWriteTime -lt (Get-Date).AddMonths(-6)) } | Remove-Item

looks like agood start, ill have a look after lunch ty

to confirm i will manually download the file as name will change and place in a folder.

then run a script to copy that file to my network drive and place in folder renamed as setup.exe

the file already on my network drive called setup.exe will just need to be renamed to lastmonthsetup.exe and left in location

ok this works for renaming my local file to may_setup.exe

but i need my local file to copy to the network share after it has renamed the current setup.exe on network to may_setup.exe

ok so edited your script to just rename my network share, works good.

now presue just add my copy command after to copy my local to destination then should be good

thanks m8, i think thsi is it now

$RenPat = (Get-Culture).DateTimeFormat.GetAbbreviatedMonthName((Get-Date).AddMonths(-1).Month)

if (Test-Path '\\server\name$\receive\setup.exe') {
    Rename-Item '\\server\name$\receive\setup.exe' -NewName $RenPat"_setup.exe"
}


Get-ChildItem -Path 'c:\temp\' | Where-Object { ($_.Name -like '*_Setup.exe') -and ($_.LastWriteTime -lt (Get-Date).AddMonths(-6)) } | Remove-Item

Copy-Item -Path "C:\temp\files2\*" -Destination "\\server\name$\receive\setup.exe"