How do I mirror My Documents over my home network

[Owkmann]

I have a desktop and a laptop. How do I 'mirror' the contents of My
Documents on my desktop to my laptop automatically, say with a batch file
(or whatever). I would prefer not to use a disc (too slow) or Briefcase (a
good program, just doesn't use My Documents).

Thanks for any advice,

Owkmann

 

[wilscott1st]

I have a desktop and a laptop. How do I 'mirror' the contents of My
Documents on my desktop to my laptop automatically, say with a batch file
(or whatever). I would prefer not to use a disc (too slow) or Briefcase (a
good program, just doesn't use My Documents).

Thanks for any advice,

Owkmann

are the 2 networked? If so you could Create a shared folder on one and
"map" the My Documents folder to the shared folder (right click My
Documents\Properties\Target) on both computers.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I have a desktop and a laptop. How do I 'mirror' the contents of My
Documents on my desktop to my laptop automatically, say with a batch file
(or whatever). I would prefer not to use a disc (too slow) or Briefcase (a
good program, just doesn't use My Documents).

Thanks for any advice,

Owkmann

My preference is xcopy.exe:

@echo off
xcopy /s /d /c /y "%UserProfile%\My Documents" \\Laptop\My Documents
pause

You would have to create the share "My Documents" on the laptop.

This command will only copy files but it won't mirror them.
In other words, if you delete a file on the desktop then the
command won't delete it on the laptop. This is my preference.
If you insist on mirroring then you can use this command:

@echo off
robocopy /s /mir "%UserProfile%\My Documents" \\Laptop\My Documents" *.*
pause

You can download robocopy.exe from here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...69-57FF-4AE7-96EE-B18C4790CFFD&displaylang=en

 

[Synapse Syndrome]

If you insist on mirroring then you can use this command:

@echo off
robocopy /s /mir "%UserProfile%\My Documents" \\Laptop\My Documents" *.*
pause

You can download robocopy.exe from here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...69-57FF-4AE7-96EE-B18C4790CFFD&displaylang=en

I use Robocopy for this as well, but I use the GUI, as the myriad of options
in that command is confusing.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2006/11/UtilitySpotlight/

There is also SyncToy, which is pretty much a more powerful version of
Briefcase. SyncToy v2.0 is currently in beta.

ss.

 

[Uncle Grumpy]

There is also SyncToy, which is pretty much a more powerful version of
Briefcase. SyncToy v2.0 is currently in beta.

I've been using a utility called Second Copy for YEARS. It's
invaluable and I have a couple dozen copies scheduled throughout every
day of the year. Yeah, it's not free... but it's the best at what it
does IMO.

The main use is to keep a cloned disk (internal) up to date with all
the changes I am interested in saving until the next time I clone my
system disk.

I also use it to setup manual copies of MyDocs and several other
folders when I connect my laptop to make updates.

It can be set to make copies at specified intervals, or whenever ANY
file changes in the folders you are interested in, and it has the
ability to keep backups of files it deletes (if it deletes any) when
making copies of directories.

http://www.centered.com/