If you need a computer on your network to automatically perform a file copy as soon as Windows loads -- such as to back up a particular file to your company's server -- the simplest method is to ...

You can automate many tasks on your Windows 11 PC using batch files. I’ll explain what a batch file is, how you can create one, and show you some interesting and useful uses of these files. A batch ...

In this Daily Drill Down, I’ll show you how to create batch files to help automate tasks. There are many uses for batch files, even in the world of Windows 2000. Any task that can be performed from a ...

First, you have to create a script to copy files from the source folder to the destination folder. We will use the xcopy command for this. The syntax of the command will be as follows: xcopy "path of ...

As mentioned earlier, a batch file contains a series of DOS commands and are used to automate the frequently performed tasks. Thus, you don’t have to repeatedly write the same commands. Remember the ...

I'm really under the gun timewise at work, getting too little sleep, so many thanks in advance for help, and many apologies for probably vanishing without proper acknowledgment if there's a working ...

When a user accidentally deletes a local file, having a backup ready can significantly minimize downtime and frustration. Check out this simple batch file that can make daily document backups a snap.

Reader Paul writes in with an interesting tip for using relative paths in a batch file: you can use a special code to represent the current path—useful for batch files on a Flash drive. We've ...

Copying large files has always been problematic on my Windows 11 PC. Luckily, I now use another built-in copy feature called Robocopy for many file transfer tasks. Here’s how you can use this robust ...