How to copy a folder via cmd?

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I want to make a .bat file that when opened will copy a folder and all it contains into another folder on another partition. Here is exactly what I am trying to do:

Copy C:\Documents and Settings\user\Desktop\Документи and all it contains to D:\Backup. I have tried with many xcopy commands but without result. Thanks.

I launched the command prompt with /k and saw this

which made me think there is a problem with the font. I installed new font that should fix this (YGP_NT) but I am having the same problem (yes, I changed it from the cmd Properties, edited the TrueTypeFont with regedit and restarted the PC). I can write in cyrillic in the cmd if that can help.

If you've "tried with many xcopy commands", certainly you should be able to include some of them in your post. Please [edit] to do so, and explain how they don't work as you'd expect. — Ken White, Oct 22 '13 at 13:53
change the character set, not the font (although you should change to a true type font for better Unicode support and rendering). Use `chcp ` with your Russian codepage, or [`chcp 65001`](http://stackoverflow.com/q/388490/995714) for changing to UTF-8 — phuclv, Apr 23 '17 at 01:59

score 55 · Answer 1 · edited Dec 28 '16 at 18:14

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xcopy "%userprofile%\Desktop\Документи" "D:\Backup\" /s/h/e/k/f/c

should work, assuming that your language setting allows Cyrillic (or you use Unicode fonts in the console).

For reference about the arguments: http://ss64.com/nt/xcopy.html

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+1 As you are using a non-default character set then you may have issues with the characters and need to use the `CP` command to change the code page before executing the xcopy command. You may get a `path not found` error otherwise. I added some switches to the xcopy command, plus quotes and slash – foxidrive Oct 22 '13 at 15:09
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This didn't work, the cmd just flashes and the Backup folder is still empty. I checked the paths and all seems fine. – Yordan Sirakov Oct 24 '13 at 11:23
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Trying with "/s/h/e/k/f/c" on command prompt, I was asked if it is a file or directory I wanted to copy. Try with the parameters /E /C /I /Y. – Chiranjib Oct 01 '14 at 08:31
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I would remove /c – The Student Dec 28 '16 at 18:14

score 27 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 23 '17 at 01:49

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xcopy  e:\source_folder f:\destination_folder /e /i /h

The /h is just in case there are hidden files. The /i creates a destination folder if there are muliple source files.

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npocmaka · Answer 3 · 2013-10-22T12:52:51.977

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xcopy  "C:\Documents and Settings\user\Desktop\Документи" "D:\Backup" /s /e /y /i

Probably the problem is the space.Try with quotes.

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How to copy a folder via cmd?

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