I am trying to copy the same file to lots of different directories, is there any simple way of doing this in Windows XP? Thanks

You can try to select all the files you are wanting to copy by holding your control key down then clicking on each file then right click on one of them and do copy. All you do is paste to each folder you are wanting to get the files over to. hope this helps

Just to say that when you COPY something, it remains in Clipboard(clipbrd.exe)until you COPY or CUT something else, or restart your computer. So just go each folder and PASTE it after you COPY. You may know all this anyway??

My problem is that i have thousands of folders, each requiring the same file in the folder (along with others which are already there (i probably wasn't specific enough, sorry!). What i am hoping is that someone might know of a program that can perform some sort of batch operation, where i simply select all the folders and tell the program which file to copy.

I'm not sure if it is going to be much quicker than copying and pasting the file each time to various directories, but it might mean you can repeat the same process again and again for other files in the same folders. If you write a new text file in notepad you can copy and paste most of the code and change a few lines manually, run the program and change one line each time a different file is to be copied. If you want some code either email me or post here. You will need to understnad how to copy files from folder to folder in DOS, you should see what i mean. Leggitto

For /R C:\Temp %%I IN (.) DO COPY "c:\something.txt" "%%I\something.txt" will copy file "something.txt" from C:\ to C:\Temp and all its subfolders (and their subfolders). The quotes are needed for long file or folder names.

I think thats just what i need, i'll give it a go, thanks!