Hi, i'm trying to backup several directories to another drive, i need the code to work on 5 different pc's so the %homepath% system variable really comes in handy. The problem is the same code that works smoothly on the cmd line, gives an error while used on batch, in every line the %homepath% variable is used. Example: echo off xcopy "%HomePath%\Favorites\*.*" "D:\Other\" /s/r/y/c pause returns, "File not found - *.*" Any clues how to get it work on batch?

check the value of your %homepath% it should be \somepath . There is no drive letter assigned. guess you should do something like xcopy %driveletter%homepath% blah blah...

I think the value of my %homepath% is ok. When i write %homepath% on MSexplorer path it returns C:\Documents and Settings\MyName\ and when i use, xcopy "%HomePath%\Favorites\*.*" "D:\Other\" /s/r/y/c on the cmd line it works perfectly, problem is when i use the same code on the batch file, and then run the .bat it returns "File not found - *.*" on every line i use the %homepath% variable, though a simpler xcopy like, xcopy c:\*.txt d:\temp /s/q works flawless. How should i get it to work on batch? Thanks

Afterall your sugestion solved my problem, i only needed to add c:%homepath% on the batch file, though on the cmd line %homepath% would suffice.I'm really sorry for the double post. Thanks again! ;)