If you need a computer on your network to automatically perform a file copy as soon as Windows loads -- such as to back up a particular file to your company's server -- the simplest method is to ...

You can automate many tasks on your Windows 11 PC using batch files. I’ll explain what a batch file is, how you can create one, and show you some interesting and useful uses of these files. A batch ...

It is key for users to be able to move and rearrange their files, especially if they use Windows for professional purposes. Moving files one by one can be a tedious process, in which case creating a ...

First, you have to create a script to copy files from the source folder to the destination folder. We will use the xcopy command for this. The syntax of the command will be as follows: xcopy "path of ...

In this Daily Drill Down, I’ll show you how to create batch files to help automate tasks. There are many uses for batch files, even in the world of Windows 2000. Any task that can be performed from a ...

You may have lots of software installed on your PC, but you don't need it running all the time. If you want to save some system resources, or just create a ...

When a user accidentally deletes a local file, having a backup ready can significantly minimize downtime and frustration. Check out this simple batch file that can make daily document backups a snap.

I'm really under the gun timewise at work, getting too little sleep, so many thanks in advance for help, and many apologies for probably vanishing without proper acknowledgment if there's a working ...

Copying large files has always been problematic on my Windows 11 PC. Luckily, I now use another built-in copy feature called Robocopy for many file transfer tasks. Here’s how you can use this robust ...

NOTE: REMEMBER TO READ EVERYTHING AS SO YOU UNDERSTAND THE FILES AND PROGRAMS! Remember to save all of this as a .bat file. Like the name of the post says, I am going to show you a Multi-Computer ...