RoboCopy behavior

Okay, as far as the problem you are having, there are actually some funny characters in your file.  When I did a SELECT ALL on the code snippet you posted in the question, and placed it into an editor here I could see that there was something funny on the ROBOCOPY line.  Below is a hex dump of the start of the BAT file I saved your code as, and notice that the same three characters that you are seeing show up there in the destination parm to the ROBOCOPY command (highlighted).  So not sure how they got there, but that's why you are seeing the destination going to the C: drive.  I expect that C:\Windows\System32\ was the current directory when the BAT ran (maybe scheduled) and the funny character(s) were taken as a folder name relative to that.  So cleaning that up should fix your problem.

That being said, I also would suggest the adjustments I made in the version below.  Using SET variables is always a good idea in scripts, and can really help in a lot of ways.  It helps eliminate typing errors, it clearly names long file paths and names so that when they are referenced in the script you know what their purpose / usage it, and it makes the script a lot cleaner and more readable.  Maintenance becomes a lot easier too, since if a path or filename changes you may be able to change it in one places instead of many.  I also did a little cleaning up on a few other items as well - many of us BAT experts here recommend not adding quotes in the SET strings, but rather always quoting those path variables when they are used in the script code.  It is more consistent and typically works out better.  You only needed the ECHO OFF once at the start of the script, and not sure what the semi-colon lines were, or some of the other ECHO commands, but I left some of those.  Hope this helps, questions welcome.

@echo Off
setlocal

set SourceDir=\\Source_Serverr\SharedFolder$\!IMAGE DATABASE
set DestDir=\\Dest_Server\SharedFolder$\!IMAGE DATABASE

set DirDate=%date:~-10,2%.%date:~-7,2%.%date:~-4,4%
set LogDir=\\Source_Server\it_share$\Script_REPO\IMG_DB_Sync\LOGS
set LogFile1=%LogDir%\IMG_DB_Sync_%DirDate%.log
set LogFile3=%LogDir%\IMG_DB_RoboCopy%DirDate%.log

echo ====%time% - Parameters have been set==== >>"%LogFile1%"

echo ====%time% - RoboCopy Starting for Image DataBase Sync==== >>"%LogFile1%"
Robocopy /mir /S /j /R:5 /W:15 /MT:8 "%SourceDir%" "%DestDir%" /xf ".DS_Store" /LOG:"%LogFile3%" /v /ts /fp
echo ====%time% - RoboCopy for IMG_DB Sync Finished==== >>"%LogFile1%"

echo ====%time% - Sending IMG_DB_Sync_RoboCopy log==== >>"%LogFile1%"
echo ..
powershell.exe -command "& {Send-MailMessage -SmtpServer 'smtp.server.com' -From 'foldersync@domain.com' -To 'IT@domain.com' -Subject 'File Sync' -Body 'Please see attached log for details' -Attachments '%LogFile3%'}"
echo ====%time% - Sent IMG_DB_RoboCopy log file==== >>"%LogFile1%"

echo ====%time% - Log Cleanup Starting. ==== >>"%LogFile1%"
ForFiles /p "%LogDir%" /s /d -30 /c "cmd /c del @file & echo @path" >>"%LogFile1%"
echo: >>"%LogFile1%"
echo ====%time% - Log Cleanup Completed. ==== >>"%LogFile1%"
echo ..

echo ====%time% - Image DataBase has been synced==== >>"%LogFile1%"
echo ..

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