I had trouble moving the AppData folder from one disk to another. The error I got was
The bad thing about this error is: it does not only interrupt the move action, but it will prevent it from going on with the remaining items, even if you choose "Do this for all items" and "Skip".
The path is X:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\History\History.IE5 where X: is not my current system disk, so it must not be in use. It's a disk from a different PC where I try to copy the user data from. The files in the Windows directory of that disk are dated 2019. I believe it was a Windows 10 system.
My system where I use Windows Explorer is Windows 10 Pro 21H1. In order to see the folder, I need to deactivate the option "Hide protected operating system files (recommended)" and let Windows show hidden files and system files.
Finally, I found FastCopy, which was able to move the folder completely. I chose to move it without ACL and without Alternate Data Streams.
Accidentally, I moved it into a wrong folder on the destination disk, so I used Ctrl+X and Ctrl+V in Windows Explorer to move it again (same drive letter). Yet, I got the same error as above.
What's so special about the "History.IE5" folder that Windows Explorer has such severe issues moving it?
91 Answer
The special property of the History.IE5 folder and files is that they
are marked as both System and Hidden.
Windows very weakly protects such files against standard
(non-administrator) users, mostly requiring conformation for deletions.
In your case, the problem was compounded by the fact that their owner on the originating computer was not yourself. So you could copy but not delete them.
Once copied, you became the new owner of the copied folder and its files, so you had no problems with manipulating the copies.
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