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problems backing up C:\Users\<username>\Documents in Windows 7

Hi,

I am using Robocopy to back up "C:\Users\<username>\Documents to I:\System Backup\<username>

where I:\ is an external USB drive.

For some reason the target directory shows up in Explorer as my Documents while in DOS it shows up as <username> which is what I would expect.

The full line in my batch file is as shown

I just don't get this. I run this command on 2K, 2003, XP and 2008 without any problems but in Windows 7 it renames my directory and changes the folder icon.

I have attached screenshots of the Exploer View and the DOS view.

can anyone shed any light on this please?

robocopy "C:\Users\Hedley\Documents" "I:\System Backup\Hedley" /MIR /Z /R:10 /LOG:Documents_backup.txt /NP /V
robocopy "C:\Users\Melanie\Documents" "I:\System Backup\Melanie" /MIR /Z /R:10 /LOG+:Documents_backup.txt /NP
robocopy G:\Music "I:\System Backup\Music" /MIR /Z /R:10 /LOG:Music_backup.txt /NP
robocopy G:\Photos "I:\System Backup\Photos" /MIR /Z /R:10 /LOG:Photo_backup.txt /NP

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David Johnson, CD

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Thanks for your reply.

I logged in as Melanie and I see exactly the same in Explorer and DOS as logged in under the other account

and yup, I know abouts /MIR. I use it at work to mirror our San arrays.

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ConUladh

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Sorted. Deleting the desktop.ini has fixed it.

I will /XF it from now on.

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Thanks guys

problems backing up C:\Users\&lt;username&gt;\Documents in Windows 7

problems backing up C:\Users\<username>\Documents in Windows 7