Using a batch to copy from network drive to C or D drive

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I am having issues executing a batch file that will copy files from a mapped network drive to a local drive   Here is the batch code I m using  it s just in a low level folder at the moment as I don t wanna execute commands in a production environment until I have everything perfect    echo off cls  echo Would you like to do a backup   pause  copy    My Servers IP Shared Drive FolderName    C TEST BACKUP FOLDER  pause   And I also tried   echo off cls  echo Would you like to do a backup  pause  copy    My Servers Name Shared Drive FolderName    C TEST BACKUP FOLDER  pause   Neither of the above commands will copy the files to C TEST BACKUP FOLDER when I request it to do so  but if I use the same exact syntax but make a copy request from a local drive it works no problem with this syntax and goes directly into the above folder with no issues   The strangest part is that the cmd output even shows the files I want copied are even recognized in the command line and at the end it says    1 files copied    but nothing copies over to that folder  So I know I have the copy request destination correct because it even recognises which files are in the folder and the names show up  And as I said the destination in C  is also correct because when I use that address on the local PC they copy to that folder every time  It s obviously something to do with the network drive  At first I thought maybe it was a permission issue but the folder I m now trying on is a Shared mapped drive that anyone in the company can access and has r w privilges to  Why such problems on a public shared drive   Could you offer any further suggestions

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You are copying all files to a single file called TEST BACKUP FOLDER  try this   md TEST BACKUP FOLDER copy    My Servers IP Shared Drive FolderName    TEST BACKUP FOLDER

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Just do the following change  echo off cls  echo Would you like to do a backup   pause  copy    My Servers IP Shared Drive FolderName    C  TEST BACKUP FOLDER  pause

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Most importantly you need to mount the drive   net use z    yourserver sharename   Of course  you need to make sure that the account the batch file runs under has permission to access the share  If you are doing this by using a Scheduled Task  you can choose the account by selecting the task  then    right click Properties click on General tab change account under    When running the task  use the following user account   That s on Windows 7  it might be slightly different on different versions of Windows   Then run your batch script with the  following changes  copy  z  FolderName   C  TEST BACKUP FOLDER

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This might be due to a security check  This thread might help you   There are two suggestions  one with pushd and one with a registry change  I d suggest to use the first one

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