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use /e, and &nbsp;put quotes around the source and destination:<br />
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xcopy/e &nbsp;\\server\folder&quot; &nbsp;&quot;\\server\copied folder&quot;<br />

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use /e, and  put quotes around the source and destination:

xcopy/e  \\server\folder"  "\\server\copied folder"


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xcopy \\server\folder &quot;\\server\copied folder&quot;<br />
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copied folder has a space in it...
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xcopy \\server\folder "\\server\copied folder"

copied folder has a space in it...

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too many parameters has already been fixed by the quotations<br />
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I tried xcopy/e and still received invalid path and the cmd.exe error messages
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too many parameters has already been fixed by the quotations

I tried xcopy/e and still received invalid path and the cmd.exe error messages

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I am trying to figure out how to create a batch file script to copy a single folder example I have tried: <br />
<br />
xcopy \\server\folder \\server\copied folder<br />
<br />
I have received the following errors:<br />
<br />
invalid path<br />
too many parameters (fixed with quotations)<br />
&quot;CMD.EXE was started with the above path as the current directory. UNC paths are not supported. Defaulting to Windows directory.&quot; <br />
<br />
the last error has only shown up recently and i have not figured out where it has come from.<br />
<br />
thanks in advance.
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I am trying to figure out how to create a batch file script to copy a single folder example I have tried: 

xcopy \\server\folder \\server\copied folder

I have received the following errors:

invalid path
too many parameters (fixed with quotations)
"CMD.EXE was started with the above path as the current directory. UNC paths are not supported. Defaulting to Windows directory." 

the last error has only shown up recently and i have not figured out where it has come from.

thanks in advance.

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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.