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And just so you know, keep in mind that BAT scripts have a basic IF ... THEN ... ELSE syntax as well, so you can do things like: 
 

<pre><code class="code-10 nolinks" id="code-20-41539765-1">@echo off 
setlocal

set userdir=%localappdata%\Microsoft\Office
set remotedir=\\domain.com\netlogon\Deployments\CustomOfficeRibbon

if not exist &quot;%userdir%\Excel.officeUI&quot; (
 copy &quot;%remotedir%\Excel.officeUI&quot; &quot;%userdir%\Excel.officeUI&quot;
) else (
 echo INFO: File &quot;%userdir%\Excel.officeUI&quot; already exists, not copied.
)

rem pause
endlocal
</code></pre>
~bp
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see bat script below - i want to make sure that when the script runs if the file exists it just go to end and if the file does not exist then execute 
does this look right 
 
 
@echo off &nbsp; 
setlocal 
set userdir=%localappdata%\Microsoft\Office 
set remotedir=\\domain.com\netlogon\Deployments\CustomOfficeRibbon 
if not exist &quot;%userdir%\Excel.officeUI&quot; copy &quot;%remotedir%\Excel.officeUI&quot; &quot;%userdir%\Excel.officeUI&quot; 
rem pause 
endlocal
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see bat script below - i want to make sure that when the script runs if the file exists it just go to end and if the file does not exist then execute
does this look right


@echo off  
setlocal
set userdir=%localappdata%\Microsoft\Office
set remotedir=\\domain.com\netlogon\Deployments\CustomOfficeRibbon
if not exist "%userdir%\Excel.officeUI" copy "%remotedir%\Excel.officeUI" "%userdir%\Excel.officeUI"
rem pause
endlocal

if exist do not copy on bat script

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