Robocopy formula help please??

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daisy777-6768 asked Feb 8, '22 saldana-msft edited Apr 12, '22

Robocopy formula help please??

Okay so for work, I have to copy the same folders (and subfolders-there's a lot) WITHOUT the files in them into a new folder for 2022.

I used this formula in command prompt for work last year and it worked:

robocopy "C:\Users\AdvertisingCoordinator\BoomSync\Media Buying\Clients" "C:\Users\AdvertisingCoordinator\BoomSync\Media Buying\Clients\new" /e /xf *

Now it's saying the source cannot be found? Can anyone help? What can I put into command prompt that will copy each folder and subfolder (without the files) from the clients folder into a new folder?

windows-hardware-code-general

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Answer 1 · 2022-02-08T22:03:26.673Z

cooldadtx answered Feb 8, '22

If the source cannot be found then it sounds like your source path (the first argument) isn't a valid path anymore. Can you confirm that the source path is valid?

Also note that your source path is a subset of the destination path. Therefore you could run into a recursive issue as the source path is containing the subfolders that you're trying to copy to. Try changing the destination path to something else such as C:\Users\AdvertisingCoordinator\BoomSync\Media Buying\NewClients\new. If the copy succeeds correctly then you can move the new folder to the desired location as normal.

robocopy "C:\Users\AdvertisingCoordinator\BoomSync\Media Buying\Clients" "C:\Users\AdvertisingCoordinator\BoomSync\Media Buying\NewClients" /e /xf *
md "C:\Users\AdvertisingCoordinator\BoomSync\Media Buying\NewClients" "C:\Users\AdvertisingCoordinator\BoomSync\Media Buying\Clients\new"

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Answer 2 · 2022-02-08T22:47:19.613Z

daisy777-6768 answered Feb 8, '22

@cooldadtx Thank you so much for your response!! I tried that, unfortunately it still says "Cannot find the path specified" I can't understand what else I could do differently??

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Answer 3 · 2022-02-08T22:50:17.827Z

daisy777-6768 answered Feb 8, '22

IT WORKED!!! So for some reason I had to put "adver" instead of "advertisingcoordinator" and it's copying the files!!! What a relief THANK YOU

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