How to move MSMQ message to another queue
Here's how to quickly move one or more MSMQ messages using QueueExplorer:
Step 1 - Locate and select messages
- Click on the queue in QueueExplorer to see a list of messages.
- Find messages you want to move, either manually, or by filtering by message body, label, id...
- QueueExplorer Professional allows you to filter by more granular data, by extracting business data from messages using XPath, JSON or regular expressions.
- Select messages you want to move.
Step 2 - Move messages
You can move MSMQ messages in following ways:
Using clipboard
- Select "Cut" from the context menu or from the toolbar. Go to the target queue and paste there.
Using drag&drop
- Press and hold mouse button, and move cursor to the target queue.
Using file system
- Save messages to a file.
- Go to the target queue. Load messages from file.
- Go back to source queue. Delete original messages.
- QueueExplorer Professional can open queues in separate tabs, making these operations easier.
QueueExplorer can also:
- Move deadlettered MSMQ messages back to the original queue to be reprocessed.
- Move messages to a subqueue (using Subqueue move operation).
- Move messages from MSMQ subqueue or journal.
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