help writing a script to copy .exe to startup

[Rich Piano]

Hi there

can someone assist i am trying to create a batch that can copy a file from a server then place it in the users startup folder.
"\\server\folder\folder\folder\ICT\Shared Content\application.EXE" "%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup" that is what i have found so far on the net, i have not had any experience in creating scripts so please don't judge my lack of experience to much.

Thank you.

 

[steve0410]

Hi, you're nearly there. There are a few methods for this but as it's just a straight forward copy of a single file, I'd use xcopy.

Type the following and save as .bat file.

xcopy "\\server\folder\folder\folder\ICT\Shared Content\application.EXE" "%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup"

I usually add pause at the end so the cmd window stays open when its finished running so I can see any errors

xcopy "\\server\folder\folder\folder\ICT\Shared Content\application.EXE" "%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup"
pause

There are various switches you can use for more complicated things. If you want to see what these are used for check out this Microsoft article

https://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/xcopy.mspx?mfr=true