Windows 10: robocopy output has duplicate documents folder

Here's the ROBOCOPY command that I run to backup my documents folder to an external drive:ROBOCOPY C:\Users\ddd\Documents "%destdrive%:\xxx documents" /XF ~* *.tmp *.temp desktop.ini /E /XO /XJ /XJD /XJF /PURGE /NP /NDL "/LOG:C:\Users\ddd\Documents\ \robocopy logs\document data log-%mydt%.txt"I'm surprised that this results in two documents folders, as shown in the attached image that was obtained using snip. I whited out the first part of the folder names, but they actually are identical!The top documents folder already existed before robocopy was run. It has the typical icon for documents.

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Robocopy copies folders not in Documents to my backup Documents folder on 2nd drive.

Two things:

• You must surroound your folder names with double quotes:
  
  robocopy "C:\Users\my name\Documents . . ." "D:\Dropbox\my name\Documents
  . . ."
• Robocopy often hides target folders, causing users to think they are missing. Look for hidden folders.

 

Robocopy copies folders not in Documents to my backup Documents folder on 2nd drive.

I currently have 2 PCs with Windows 10 that I backup Documents, Music, Pictures, and Videos to a 3rd PC folder that is backed up to the Cloud. On my PC, the Music, Pictures and Videos folders are not under Documents. They are at the same level as Documents
under my user name.

I had been using SyncToy to do the copying, but had to switch to Robocopy because SyncToy does not work right under Windows 10. All works fine. The SyncToy command and then the Robocopy command run on the 3rd PC.

I want to eliminate the 3rd PC and move the backup folder to a 2nd hard drive on my PC. That is where the problem begins. Robocopy will now run on my PC. When Robocopy copies the Document folder to the backup Documents folder, it copies 'My Music', 'My
Pictures' and 'My Videos' to the backup Documents folder. These folders do not exist in the Documents folder. It appears that there is some link that connects 'My Music' to the separate Music folder. The same applies to 'My Pictures' and 'My Videos'.

This is the Robocopy command that I want to use to copy the Documents data to the backup Documents folder:

robocopy C:\Users\my name\Documents C:\Users\my name\Dropbox\PC1\Documents /mir >> c:\robocopybackup_%date:~-4,4%%date:~-10,2%%date:~-7,2%.log

I tried adding the /XL Robocopy option to block the copy of these unwanted folders to my backup:

robocopy C:\Users\my name\Documents D:\Dropbox\my name\Documents /XD "C:\Users\my name\Documents\My Music","C:\Users\my name\Documents\My Pictures","C:\Users\my name\Documents\My Videos" /mir >> c:\robocopybackup_%date:~-4,4%%date:~-10,2%%date:~-7,2%.log

This did not help. Please tell me what to do.....

Thank you!

 

Duplicate Documents Folders

Hi Batya,

Conflicts with the OneDrive settings on your computer is one of the possible reasons why you have duplicate document folders. For us to assist you better, kindly answer the following questions:

• Have you made any changes to your computer prior to this issue?
• What troubleshooting steps have you done so far?
• Which Version and OS Build number of Windows 10 is currently installed? To check, press the Windows key, type winver, and press the Enter key.

Meanwhile, you can try unlinking your OneDrive from your computer and re-activate it under a new and empty folder on your hard drive after you restart your device.

Regards.