Windows 10: xCopy not working as intended

Discus and support xCopy not working as intended in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; Today, I tried to copy all folders that were inside another folder, but the command doesn't work. It just says "0 Files copied". Any ideas?... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by SteveYT77, Nov 22, 2021.

  1. STEVEYT77
    SteveYT77 Win User

    xCopy not working as intended


    Today, I tried to copy all folders that were inside another folder, but the command doesn't work. It just says "0 Files copied". Any ideas?

    :)
     
    SteveYT77, Nov 22, 2021
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  2. JMT20
    jmt20 Win User

    XCopy not working on Win10

    Hi,

    There is a thread on this topic but it doesn't show a resolution.

    Has something changed where xcopy doesn't work on Win10?

    I am looking to copy files and I can't get even the simpliest .bat file to work. Copying 1 file to another folder on the C directory.

    @EchoOff xcopy C:\files\test.bat C:\files-to\

    Any suggestions are appreciated!

    thanks,

    joan
     
    jmt20, Nov 22, 2021
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  3. FORDGT90CONCEPT
    FordGT90Concept Win User
    Batch and Xcopy

    Try moving /E and /Y to after the paths...

    @xcopy "C:\Users\PVTCaboose1337\Documents\School" "M:/School" /E /Y

    It must always be:

    xcopy source destination [options]
     
    FordGT90Concept, Nov 22, 2021
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  4. SCOOTERG
    scooterg Win User

    xCopy not working as intended

    xcopy not working in windows 10

    I've solved my problem with xcopy and in a strange way it turned out to be about permissions. As administrator I was backing up userx usery to bakx baky and it turned out I didn't have permission to access userx and usery. After giving myself permission,
    xcopy worked as it should. Either this worked differently in 8.1 or the conversion to 10 changed file permissions. The error message <file not found - "*.*"> seems entirely spurious.
     
    scooterg, Nov 22, 2021
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