Windows 10: Command line copy, Xcopy cant see files unless 'onedrive' is inserted.

I am stuck. Acer aspire with broken screen. (can see lower right 15% of it). HDMI is no longer putting out signal apparently so no second screen. Back when I had HDMI working, managed to download all docs and photos to external SSD. However, about 30 .txt files are on my desktop and I failed to get them. Now, having no other recourse, I need to access command prompt and acquire those files BLIND. I made a successful test of the method with one file using my new Dell. however, I do not remember the 'onedrive' being in the cammand line for the directories on my old PC. when I test on my new one, the xcopy command wont grab it from my desktop unless I use the 'onedrive' in my command line, even though I can see the file names on the desktop under 'MY PC'. I not a computer professional, and have mainly used them as a tool, so I am not as savvy as some here. I dont understand why it wont grab the files from a directory I specify, which isnt one labled 'OneDrive'. I am looking for a solution, or an answer to this question so I can formulate some other method, which I am fast running out of.

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GPU-Z what command line parameter ?

Suggestion: /? (-?) and /help (-help) command-line arguments to show a list of all possible arguments in a small window. *Smile

 

copy c:\....\onedrive using cmd line?

The correct xcopy command would be

xcopy "c:\users\myname\onedrive\documents\folder name\*.*" d:\backup\ /s

The equivalent robocopy is

robocopy "c:\users\myname\onedrive\documents\folder name" d:\backup /s /w:1 /r:1

To find out what causes the problem, try this variant:

xcopy %ComSpec% d:\Backup\

If this command works then you need to look at the access permissions of the OneDrive folder. If it fails then you should delete the folder D:\Backup and start all over again.

 

copy c:\....\onedrive using cmd line?

my laptop will not start Windows. (I get a message "not enough memory resources are available to process this command.")

I am trying to copy all files from the hard drive to an external hard drive (so I can clear the computer and start all over again).

I can get to the cmd line to copy.

however, when i try to xcopy the content in c:\....\onedrive (I can see - through dir - that there are files there)

i get msg "File creation error - The file cannot be accessed by the system."

how can i access those files on the c:?

thank you