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Tracking files created in folder & copying the same to D directory

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I am using one script by BigTeddy to track any file created in specified folder & trigger an email. This works absolutely fine but now there is additional need to copy this newly added file into separate folder in D directory. 
I found command Move-Item $_.fullname $DestDir but syntax is not working somehow.
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#By BigTeddy 05 September 2011  

$folder = 'c:\scripts\test' # Enter the root path you want to monitor. 
$filter = '*.*'  # You can enter a wildcard filter here. 


$fsw = New-Object IO.FileSystemWatcher $folder, $filter -Property @{IncludeSubdirectories = $false;NotifyFilter = [IO.NotifyFilters]'FileName, LastWrite'} 


Register-ObjectEvent $fsw Created -SourceIdentifier FileCreated -Action { 
$name = $Event.SourceEventArgs.Name 
$changeType = $Event.SourceEventArgs.ChangeType 
$timeStamp = $Event.TimeGenerated 
Write-Host "The file '$name' was $changeType at $timeStamp" -fore green 
Out-File -FilePath c:\scripts\filechange\outlog.txt -Append -InputObject "The file '$name' was $changeType at $timeStamp"}

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Please help.


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