Windows 10: Calling Batch File People

For years on XP, Win7, Win8 & 8.1 I have used this batch file method to transfer pictures from a card reader to a (the same) directory on my computer. After upgrading to Win10 it no longer works.

When I try to run it I get this:

I see what's wrong but don't know how to fix it. The entries in the batch file look exactly as the stuff following the right angle bracket in the text quoted above. Suddenly it has begun running as though the batch file was in the Windows directory (folder if you prefer). It isn't. It's still in my age old Card Transfer directory on a different internal drive.

Why does Win10 think a batch file actually running in an entirely independent directory on a different drive is running in the Windows directory? And, how can I make it normal again?

:)

 

microsoft should make a store app for just batch files or vbs scripts and software

so I was thinking people could make help full batch files that will help people so they do not have to do a lot of typing to fix their pc .

We all know that batch files are very powerful scripts. SO if you can use the batch files and vbs to help others all the batch files should be free. This could help millions of people or get people to start making batch files to . I want this to happen .and
apply the new store app so it comes through an update not get it from the store.

 

Enabling automatic reboot or automatic restart in Windows 10

Create a batch file with shutdown /r in it, call the batch file from task scheduler at the time you want a reboot.

 

What does your batch file look like?

 

Well I see the xcopy command syntax looks all wrong for starters. it should look something like

xcopy C:\somefolder E:\backupfolder /D /E /C /R /H /I /K /Y

Also that command would try and copy all files to one file

J:\DCIM\198___07\*.* to J:\DCIM\198___07\IMG_99.JPG

just does not look right.

 

Put a cd %userprofile% at the beginning of the batch file maybe?

 

The first two lines interrogate the card to see if there's anything in the folder. If not, it jumps to the last line and quits.
If there are files in the folder the third line copies them to the current directory.

For some bizarre reason it thinks the current directory is Windows. Whaaaat?

 

I can add a drive change and
a CD to the target directory at the beginning of every batch file

But, I have many batch files and so I would like to get it working right and avoid all that work

 

Tjis line, as said above, makes no sense:

C:\Windows>xCopy J:\DCIM\198___07\*.* /D /C J:\DCIM\198___07\IMG_99.JPG

As I read it, it says copy all files from the 198_07 directory (folder) to the same folder and call it IMG_99.JPG. If it worked, all files would end up as a single file.

I doubt that is what you really want to do.

I suspect the 2nd part should read something like: x:\DCIM\198___07\ where x: is the drive you want to copy to and \DCIM\198___07\ is the directory (folder) you want to copy them to on the x: drive.



Can you explain in words exactly what you are trying to accomplish. Include drive and folder paths please.

 

Perhaps you missed my post second before yours where I show and explain the batch file commands

Incidentally there is no such line as C:\Windows>xCopy J:\DCIM\198___07\*.* /D /C J:\DCIM\198___07\IMG_99.JPG in the batch file.

 

Where did you see this line???

The content of the OP's batch file is posted above. There's no such line there. And the batch file looks fine.

 

So, how do you invoke your batch file? Shortcut? Manually from command prompt? Some other way?

 

It's spread across two lines I believe. It's the rest of the xcopy statement.

C:\Windows>xCopy J:\DCIM\198___07\*.* /D /C
J:\DCIM\198___07\IMG_99.JPG

 

I double click on the batch file itself in its Windows folder

 

Please post the contents of the entire batch file.