copy to "My documents" from Batchfile

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I am trying to make a program run from a USB pendrive,
and the program must copy a folder to "My Documents" folder.
I would like to create a batch file that will findout if "My Documents" is in the default location or has moved, and then copy the folder.
Is this posible to do from a Batchfile ??

TIA Peter

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pmo wrote:

I am trying to make a program run from a USB pendrive,
and the program must copy a folder to "My Documents" folder.
I would like to create a batch file that will findout if "My Documents" is in the default location or has moved, and then copy the folder.
Is this posible to do from a Batchfile ??

TIA Peter

You can use environmental variables to find out the default locations

Use the cmd program and type SET

you can pipe this to a file by typing set >file.txt
and then the variable names can be used in any batch file
such as

%USERPROFILE%
is the username logged on

Just remember that directories or file names with space in them
require that you enclose them in quotes as dos treats spaces as
delimiters.

so
dir %userprofile%"My documents"

should give you a listing of the files in your my documents folder.
the "'s are required because of the space in my documents.

%homepath% is where your default path is located.

give it a shot.

Rich