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Powershell - Move Inactive Computer Objects

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Found a lot of scripts out there that do the same thing but since I spent a little time on this I'd like to understand why it doesn't work. 

I wrote a script that finds all Inactive computer objects in AD, moves the objects to a "Inactives" OU, and then disables them. 

$computers = dsquery computer -inactive 12 -limit 0

Foreach ($computer in $computers)

{

Move-ADObject -Identity $computer -TargetPath "OU=Inactives,OU=Harmony Computers,DC=scnutr,DC=local"

}

$inactives = Get-ADObject -LDAPFilter "(objectClass=computer)" -SearchBase "OU=Inactives,OU=Harmony Computers,DC=scnutr,DC=local"

Foreach ($inactive in $inactives)

{

dsmod computer $inactive -disabled yes

}

Everything works except the Move-ADObject command.  It returns and object not found error:

Move-ADObject : Cannot find an object with identity: '"CN=PC-W7-X32,CN=Computer
s,DC=scnutr,DC=local"' under: 'DC=scnutr,DC=local'.
At C:\Temp\InactivePC.ps1:7 char:14+ Move-ADObject <<<<  -Identity $computer -TargetPath "OU=Inactives,OU=Harmony
Computers,DC=scnutr,DC=local"+ CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: ("CN=PC-W7-X32,C...cnutr,DC=loca
   l":ADObject) [Move-ADObject], ADIdentityNotFoundException+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Cannot find an object with identity: '"CN=PC-W7-
   X32,CN=Computers,DC=scnutr,DC=local"' under: 'DC=scnutr,DC=local'.,Microso
  ft.ActiveDirectory.Management.Commands.MoveADObject

My DSquery command returns a DN which includes my domain name but the Move-ADObject command is already looking there.  Not sure how to fix.  Any help or insight would be appreciated :)


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