Using Windows XP I need to have desktop shortcut that copies a specific file to a memory stick.

XCOPY should do that I hear you say but the file is in a sub-directory smiliar to this:

C:\documents\pickwise red\A & BB Johnstone Jan 07 - Apr 07\Target.mdb

I can't get Xcopy to recognise the lowest directory (I think 'cos of the "&")

Also I can't in a batch file CD my way down to it as in
cd documents
cd pickwise red
cd A & BB Johnstone Jan 07 - Apr 07

as the last one isn't recognised, although in a DOS window it is.


Also to complicate matters even more, in the directory "pickwise red" there are other sub directories containg files with the same name as the target, and finally we're not allowed to change directory names or file names

Any ideas

thanks

Hi elp,

Yes your right the & sign does have a special meaning, but spaces between the words are also generally considered seperate folders. There is a simple solution to this, and that is to wrap your folders in quotes. For example:

cd "A & BB Johnstone Jan 07 - Apr 07"

Same applies to xcopy.

Well Done! It actually works!

thanks

Marked as answered elp.