I am trying to copy every file and folder from a usb drive to my computer. I believe I need to use the xcopy command. So then how do I get the source folder to change with the drive letter since the drive letter may change.

The way to keep the drive letter from changing is to assign the letter. ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

assuming you have 1 usbdrive. here's a vbscript. save as somename.vbs and run from command prompt. cscript somename.vbs [code] Dim oFSO, oDrive,objFolder,oUsbDrive,oDestination Const USBDRIVE=1 oDestination = "c:\test" Set oFSO = WScript.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") 'Get USB drive letter For Each oDrive In oFSO.Drives ....If oDrive.DriveType = USBDRIVE And oDrive.DriveLetter <> "A" Then ....WScript.Echo "found usb at", oDrive.DriveLetter ....oUsbDrive = oDrive.DriveLetter & ":\" ....End If Next Sub CopyFiles(oPath, oDst) ....Set objFolder = oFSO.GetFolder(oPath) ....For Each Files In objFolder.Files ........WScript.Echo "Copying File",Files ........newDst=oDst&"\"&Files.Name ........oFSO.CopyFile Files,newDst,True ........WScript.Echo Err.Description ....Next 'Recursive copy, uncomment if needed ' For Each oDir In objFolder.SubFolders ' CopyFiles oDir.Path, oDst ' Next End Sub CopyFiles oUsbDrive,oDestination [/code]

Thanks for the suggestion Mechanix2Go and I don't really want a vbscript So how about a different question how can I get a batch file to find it's location drive and folder wise and make that a variable that can be used in another command

If you know the fixed drives, let's say c d e f, this might work. It's a little clunky. ::== letter2.bat @echo off setLocal EnableDelayedExpansion for %%a in (g h i j k) do ( dir %%a: > nul if not errorlevel 1 set letter=%%a: ) cls echo it's !letter! ) ::== ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

Well Never mind I found a way to get a variable set to the current directory all i wish is usb drives would autorun like cd's and so forth, stupid windows Thread over I guess

"Well Never mind I found a way to get a variable set to the current directory" LOL There's a built-in var; it's name is: %CD% ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2