What is wrong with the following line of batch? I don't know but it won't run.
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move "%userprofile%\My Documents\Misc\Applications\Batch files\hello.bat" "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup"
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Can anyone help????

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It is on one line. Not multiple ones.

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What error does it give?

You need to move the environment variable %userprofile% outside of the string quotes:

move %userprofile%"\My Documents\Misc\Applications\Batch files\hello.bat" "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup"

MarkM: You need to move the environment variable %userprofile% outside of the string quotes
No, you don't, and no you shouldn't.

Actually, you're right, don't need to do that. I should have tested it both ways before posting. But as far as "you shouldn't" - why not? It works just as well.

Personally, from a programming point of view, I think it makes more sense to have a variable outside a string literal.

'Cause variable expansion is done by a preprocessor.

Is the name of your script hello.bat by chance? Are you trying to move the same script that your executing?

"Computer security." — Oxymoron

Have you got administrator privileges?

Also, instead of "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users", you should use %ALLUSERSPROFILE%. This directory is configurable and therefore may not be where you state it is.

As stated; what is the error message seen ?

Hi there.

it says, "The system cannot find the path specified"

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Then either %userprofile%\My Documents\Misc\Applications\Batch files\ doesn't exist, or C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup doesn't exist. Either try the full path without the %userprofile%, or replace C:\Documents and Settings\All Users with %AllUsersProfile%.

EDIT: You can test your script by adding the following two lines:

IF EXIST "%userprofile%\My Documents\Misc\Applications\Batch files\hello.bat" ECHO Source good
IF EXIST "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup" ECHO Dest good

I'm sorry if I sound harsh but I would like to know why you didn't find the error message "The system cannot find the path specified" helpful enough for you to solve the problem yourself. I mean what is there about the message that does not give you obvious clues as to where to look for the problem? If you have already checked the existence of the source file and destination directory, then I apologise.

klint: I kept trying to find the correct patch but it didn't work. I though i was putting a comma in the wrong place or something and u guys r good at that.

I fixed it with the following line. the destination was good so i replaced it with just hello.bat (this batch file and hello.bat r in the same folder)
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move "hello.bat" "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup"
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Cheese, the more you eat it, the less you care about how mouldy it is!