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Hi squashman

I hope I didn't sound rather flippant in my last remark. I was half-joking! In fact, I spent some time trying to get it to work before I came to the forum for help.

With your help, I think I understand now how it works.

many thanks for your help.

or did you just copy and paste some code from someone else and not bother to understand what the code does?

I'm afraid you've guessed it!

Well, at the moment those files (Documents and Pictures) are being copied but by the code that I added earlier today.

What happens if I delete the /H switch?

So, to keep things as close as they are now all I have to do is take out the /H switch?

Squasman, can you have a look at the Thunderbird results, please? This is the last worry, as it says at one stage "Sharing violation". EWhat's tahta and why?

Right! I could not find Windows Explorer anywher aor anything connecte dto what you mention above, but on wriring "Windows explorer" in the "Search" box of Windows 7, YES, "Libraries" comes up with Pictures, Music, etc.. So, should I get rid of these files so that they ...

Hi I have Show Hidden Files ticked, but cannot see any My Pictures under Documents. is there a way of attaching a file, here? if so I can send you screen capture. Meanwhile, My Documents, My Pictires, My favourites are being copied but my Desktop is NOT! CORRECTION! Desktop also working. Sorry....

Success and Mystery!!! I added the following to the batch file: echo ### Backing up My Pictures... %backupcmd% "%USERPROFILE%\Pictures" "%drive%\Picturess" ...and all my pics got backed up! But I still got those messages about "Access denied" under Documents and with re...

Those 3 Folders are Junctions put in for legacy purposes. They don't need to be backed up. See what happens when you double click them in Windows Explorer. Use /XJ to exclude them . Hi we crossed posts... The folder "MY Pictures" is very important and I need to back it up. What I don't un...

Hi Yes, after you mentioned it I ran "As administrator". I guess I am getting confused over the origina nd destinations... Let's take the "My Pictures!. In my desktop computer running Windows7 the folder is in C:\Users\qimi\Pictures and I want to copy them to an wexternal drive "...

Hi "I" is an external drive. Here goes the results: Press any key to continue . . . ### Backing up My Documents... Access denied Unable to create directory - I:\Backup Test\Documents\My Music Access denied Unable to create directory - I:\Backup Test\Documents\My Pictures Access denied Unab...

Hi all

I ran it as administrator ans still got the same result. I am unable to copy paste the results from the command screen. Isn't there a command to output results to file, as there was to printer >prn ?

Thanks

Hi many thanks I followed penpen advice and got Opera mail to get backed up. meanwhile, I have another problem with that batch file: The batch file starts like this: @echo off :: variables set drive=I:\Backup Test set backupcmd=xcopy /s /c /d /e /h /i /r /y @pause echo ### Backing up My Documents......

Well, it is the OperaMail that was the reason for the post. I cannot understand why it does not work.

Hi thanks

No, I am using Windows7

Please, note that the batch file is working well except for the OperaMail (The imgs are ok, after all).

Thank you

Hi I'm trying to write a batch file to backup some folders but something is not working properly. OperaMail is not being backed up and i don't understand why. Nor are my images which are in various folders. Could you tell me, please, where I have gone wrong? @echo off :: variables set drive=I:\Backu...