File getting copied to SysWow64 instead of System32

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File getting copied to SysWow64 instead of System32

Anonymous

We have created a policy to copy screensaver file in System32 folder.

But when we are applying the policy the file is getting copied to SysWow64.

The command we used is

xcopy /s /t /q /y . \abc.scr C:\windows\system32

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Sebastian Cerazy 351 Reputation points

2026-10-26T08:54:49.6933333+00:00

Exactly the same

copy /Y %~dp0*.exe c:\windows\system32\

ands with the .*exe in c:\windows\SysWOW64\

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Crystal-MSFT 54,326 Microsoft External Staff

@Tathagata Bhattacharya, Thanks for posting in Q&A.

For your issue, to know it better, please collect the following information :

Could you confirm if we deploy via PowerShell script in Intune> If yes, please get screen shot of the configuration. If not ,please describe how we deploy.
If you change to use the full path of the abc.scr in the command, will it work?

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Anonymous

2023-10-10T05:50:55.73+00:00

Hi,

Thank you for your response.

We have used .cmd to deploy the policy not powershell script.

I have put the command in my question which we have used.

We defined the location where we want this file to be copied.

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Sebastian Cerazy 351 Reputation points

2026-10-26T08:54:49.6933333+00:00

Exactly the same

copy /Y %~dp0*.exe c:\windows\system32\

ands with the .*exe in c:\windows\SysWOW64\
Anonymous

2023-10-10T05:50:55.73+00:00

Hi,

Thank you for your response.

We have used .cmd to deploy the policy not powershell script.

I have put the command in my question which we have used.

We defined the location where we want this file to be copied.

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Crystal-MSFT 54,326 Microsoft External Staff

@Tathagata Bhattacharya, Thanks for the reply. Based on my testing, I find the command doesn't work. After checking the parameter in the command, it is the "/t" which blocks the copy.

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You can change to the following command to copy the file

xcopy /y .\abc.scr C:\windows\system32

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Hope the above information can help.

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Anonymous

2023-10-11T04:57:06.7766667+00:00

Hi,

Thank you for your help. I really appriciate , This command did work and screensaver is getting applied.

Can you help me with uninstall command.
Crystal-MSFT 54,326 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2023-10-11T05:04:18.9466667+00:00

@Tathagata Bhattacharya, For the uninstall command, what action you want to do, remove the file?
Anonymous

2023-10-11T05:15:13.0233333+00:00

Yes. That will work
Crystal-MSFT 54,326 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2023-10-11T05:30:24.85+00:00

@Tathagata Bhattacharya, Thanks for the reply. To remove the file, we can use del command. Here is an example for your reference:

example: del c:\windows\system32\abc.scr