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You may need to go to My Computer &gt;&nbsp; Tools &gt;&nbsp;Folder Options &gt;&nbsp;View<br />
Uncheck &quot;Hide extensions for known file types&quot;<br />
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Now you can rename the text file.<br />
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If you want to use it to do a backup the xcopy command is fairly useful<br />
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type in something like<br />
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Now create a blank text file (right click &gt;&nbsp;new &gt;&nbsp;New Empty Text File)<br />
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Rename it to copy.bat<br />
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then type the follwing in the file - replacing the path ie c:\ with where you want to copy from &amp;&nbsp;to<br />
xcopy &quot;c:\test&quot; &quot;d:\test&quot; /d /s /c /y<br />
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This will copy all the files in a directory to a new one, it will also copy all the files that have changed since the last time you ran the command (incremental backup) it will keep copying if errors occur - files that are in use and it will overwrite the destination without prompting<br />
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This method just makes things easy<br />
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You may need to go to My Computer >  Tools > Folder Options > View
Uncheck "Hide extensions for known file types"

Now you can rename the text file.

If you want to use it to do a backup the xcopy command is fairly useful

type in something like

Now create a blank text file (right click > new > New Empty Text File)

Rename it to copy.bat

then type the follwing in the file - replacing the path ie c:\ with where you want to copy from & to
xcopy "c:\test" "d:\test" /d /s /c /y

This will copy all the files in a directory to a new one, it will also copy all the files that have changed since the last time you ran the command (incremental backup) it will keep copying if errors occur - files that are in use and it will overwrite the destination without prompting

This method just makes things easy

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How to create a batch file to move files from one location to another?
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How to create a batch file to move files from one location to another?

Batch Files

Batch files are text files containing a script of commands that are executed by the command interpreter on DOS, OS/2 and Windows systems. Most commonly, they are used to perform a series of functions that are repeated -- copying a set of files created daily with one step, for example.

Windows Batch

A scripting language is a programming language that supports scripts, programs written for a special run-time environment that automate the execution of tasks that could alternatively be executed one-by-one by a human operator. Scripting languages are often interpreted (rather than compiled). Primitives are usually the elementary tasks or API calls, and the language allows them to be combined into more complex programs. Environments that can be automated through scripting include software applications, web pages within a web browser, the shells of operating systems (OS), embedded systems, as well as numerous games. A scripting language can be viewed as a domain-specific language for a particular environment; in the case of scripting an application, this is also known as an extension language.