I wonder if there is a symbol that I should be using to make it more general

[Frank]

I do the following:

Xcopy my.lnk "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start
Menu\Programs\Games\"
Xcopy my.lnk "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop\"

I wonder if there is a variable/symbol that I should be using to make it
more general ( like %programfiles% ) .


Thanks in advance

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I do the following:

Xcopy my.lnk "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start
Menu\Programs\Games\"
Xcopy my.lnk "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop\"

I wonder if there is a variable/symbol that I should be using to make it
more general ( like %programfiles% ) .


Thanks in advance

The general answer is:
- Click Start / Run / cmd {OK}
- Type this command:
set | more
to see all available environmental variables.

You will now see that this command will do what you want:
xcopy /y my.lnk "%AllUsersProfile%\Desktop\"

 

[Frank]

The general answer is:
- Click Start / Run / cmd {OK}
- Type this command:
set | more
to see all available environmental variables.

This is the best answer I could have received

You will now see that this command will do what you want:
xcopy /y my.lnk "%AllUsersProfile%\Desktop\"

I notice you put the option (/Y) before the file names while xcopy /? show
it after.
Guess xcopy is smart enough to handle it both ways.


Thanks a lot

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I notice you put the option (/Y) before the file names while xcopy /? show
it after.
Guess xcopy is smart enough to handle it both ways.

With most (but not all!) commands it's a matter of preference.

Thanks a lot

You're welcome.