Windows 10: Xcopy /t /e folders not visible in Windows 11

I have a substantial file tree that I back up regularly.In Windows 11 I did an xcopy /t /e to give me the file tree with no files in a different location. what I have done in Win7 and Win 10.Win11 hides the folder tree. I can see that the tree is in CMD dir but is not visible in Win11. I have checked the show hidden files and folders but still no luckAny assistance appreciated.

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xCopy not working as intended

Hi Steve, I'm Benedict. I'm here to help you.

Perhaps the folders you are trying to copy are empty. Xcopy command won't normally copy the empty folders, you have to include the option "/e" to force xcopy to copy the empty folders.

For example: xcopy [source path] [destination path] /e

The message will still be "0 File(s) copied" if you actually don't have any files in the given source folder but the empty folders will be copied.

Please see if that helps.

Regards,

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Installing windows off of a USB stick

Step By Step from vista:
From admin cmd prompt

1. diskpart
1a. list disk
2. select disk 1 (replace 1 with your usb drive)
3. clean
4. create partition primary
5. select partition 1 (replace 1 with your usb drive)
6. active
7. format fs=fat32
8. assign
9. exit

Copy Windows Vista's DVD ROM content to the Flash Drive

xcopy d:\*.* /s/e/f e:\ (d being your vista cd and e being your usb stick)

And that's it, boot off your usb disk

 

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]