Need some help on cmd batch file.

Hi,

I would like to a batchfile that will work on both windows 7 and xp to do the following

copy /Y d:\document\folder1\file.ini d:\document\folder2\file.ini

however in xp it is my document, win7 is document


the shell command in win7
%windir%\explorer.exe shell:::{450d8fba-ad25-11d0-98a8-0800361b1103}\folder1
%windir%\explorer.exe shell:::{450d8fba-ad25-11d0-98a8-0800361b1103}\folder2
will provide the right path

how can I export that path to the copy command above ?

Welcome to the Seven Forums.

This works for me on both operating systems:

Code:

copy "%userprofile%\my documents\folder1\file.ini" "%userprofile%\my documents\folder2\file.ini"
pause

That is why these hidden links exist...



...so that programs (and batch files) can make use of them.

Thanks UsernameIssues for the suggestion but when I tried it I got error message please refer to the picture.

I was hoping that you had moved the entire profile to the D drive per this procedure:
User Profile - Change Default Location
That makes the %userprofile% variable point to the correct folder... it should work on XP as well.


Try

Code:

IF EXIST "d:\document\folder1" copy "d:\document\folder1\file.ini" "d:\document\folder2\file.ini" /Y
IF EXIST "d:\my document\folder1" copy "d:\my document\folder1\file.ini" "d:\my document\folder2\file.ini" /Y

Thanks the if exist method does the job.

When I first installed win7, I only change the following folders to d drive (favorites, documents, music, video), to g drive (download folder).

Using this method #2
User Folders - Change Default Location

Instead of moving the whole default location of User Profile.

I guess that is why %userprofile% environmental variable does not provide the right path.

Refer to this 2 registry info.

Glad that you got it working... and yes, changing folders that way is why the OS variable does not work for you. The funny thing is: I had constructed my first post in this thread using the IF EXIST code... but then I got to wondering if you had a lot of different files/folders to be copied - so I changed it to use that OS variable.