i wrote a batch file that was working fine a few days.. then today it mysteriously quick working. i've stripped it down to the bare essentials.. but somehow its still not working right!

xcopy *.* C:\2 /s

this should copy every file and folder in the folder where my batch file is placed to c:\2 - but when i run it-
The system cannot find the path specified. scrolls repeatedly (until i stop it)
the only thing i can think of is something i installed or updated is causing this- but that does'nt make sense! like i said though- it worked out fine yesterday..

Two possible problems.

The C:\2 should really be C:\2\*.* and the batch file will not necessarily be copying files "in the folder where my batch file is placed", but instead if will be copying files from the current active directory when the batch file is started or the directory that has been made active with a CD command within the batch file.

i tried adding the *.*, but it still says the same thing -The system cannot find the path specified.- i'm not sure what could have changed from yesterday to cause this command to not work for me anymore..

Make sure that the c:\2 hasn't been deleted or moved into another folder. Xcopy won't create a directory for you if it's not there.

It's also a good idea to specify the directory that you are going to xcopy FROM in your xcopy statement.

example - xcopy c:\somedir\*.* c:\2 /s

Did you ever solve the problem? I'm having the same kind of problem.