Solved Robocopy Questions

Okay …

So on both my desktop and my wife's laptop, I use Robocopy to copy various files and folders to backup media - in the case of my desktop to a separate HDD and in my wife's case from a SSD to a SD Card.

Both of these machines are running Windows 10.

I have a new laptop (specs as System 1) running Windows 10 Pro (Version 23H2 Build 22631.3672)

I have tried to follow the same command structure - but it doesn't seem to be working correctly. Also the 'Pause' command doesn't halt the output at the end so that the actions of Robocopy can be checked. With the two Windows 10 machines, Pause works as described above.

So, any ideas what I am doing wrong?

Is the Windows 11 implementation of Robocopy different to that of Windows 10 and this is why the 'Pause' command isn't working as it does on the other machines?

Sample command line below. Laptop's SSD is Drive C:, the SD Card is Drive D:



A command window opens VERY briefly and disappear and no files are copied across to the SD card.

Art

Can't figure out how to stop the DCOPY portion being turned into a smiley face [how do you use code flags in a post?]

Is this command running elevated as admin?

Not sure.

Don't think it is an elevated command on either of the two W10 machines (which runs Robocopy as a batch file without any problems)

Tried right-clicking the .bat file and 'Run as Administrator' but didn't make any difference.

A very brief 'flash' of the command window (as before) and nothing copied to the SD card.

Art

Check through this: Can't run .bat files - Microsoft Q&A

Also copy and paste command line into Terminal and see if you can execute this way instead of running the *.BAT file.

Okay, so I tried that link but didn't do the final step of deleting the

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts.bat registry key
(in case something else broke).

I then tried the following .bat file (omitting the quotes around the destination):

Which worked, including the pause at the end!

So I then tried (including the quotes around the destination):

Which also worked *shrugs*. As far as I can see, this is the SAME as the commands I originally tried!

So now to try the other folders I want backing up!

Art

Art,

Your latest post uses the switch
/XJ
whilst your first post used
/XJ/
[which I think would cause a RoboCopy crash, hence the pause line having no effect, but have not yet tested].
[which causes a RoboCopy crash, hence the pause line having no effect].

There need be no difference between your Windows 10 & Windows 11 RoboCopy commands other than adjusting for any changes you might have made to the relevant folder paths.

I don't see you around in TenForums anymore and don't know if you saw this -
RoboCopy -DST -FFT -NDL - my post #17 - TenForums
I found the additional switches, /DST /FFT /NDL, to be very helpful.


All the best,
Denis

Try3 said:

Art,

Your latest post uses the switch
/XJ
whilst your first post used
/XJ/
[which I think would cause a RoboCopy crash, hence the pause line having no effect, but have not yet tested].
[which causes a RoboCopy crash, hence the pause line having no effect].

There need be no difference between your Windows 10 & Windows 11 RoboCopy commands other than adjusting for any changes you might have made to the relevant folder paths.

I don't see you around in TenForums anymore and don't know if you saw this -
RoboCopy -DST -FFT -NDL - my post #17 - TenForums
I found the additional switches, /DST /FFT /NDL, to be very helpful.


All the best,
Denis

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Ahh, good spot Denis! Kudos!

Didn't notice that!

Art