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I have a small batch file that uses robocopy to backup a folder. The intended action is for it to copy C:/users/public/ into D:/Backups/YYYY-MM-DDTHHMM/

At present, it copies the files into a folder, however the folder name appears in Windows Explorer as 'Public' instead of the requested file name. Stranger still, if I dir the folder from cmd (or check the security tab of it's properties) it appears as the name I desire!

Batch file:

@ECHO OFF
for /f "skip=1" %%x in ('wmic os get localdatetime') do if not defined MyDate set MyDate=%%x

set today=%MyDate:~0,4%-%MyDate:~4,2%-%MyDate:~6,2%T%MyDate:~8,2%%MyDate:~10,2%

robocopy C:/users/Public D:/Backups/%today%
Garth Oates
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  • I have searched superuser and found the similar question http://superuser.com/questions/567331/robocopy-mir-changes-destination-folder-name-how-to-prevent-that , but I hope my description is clear enough to lead to a more useful solution. – Garth Oates Apr 22 '14 at 11:05
  • Found the solution. Because I was copying the windows directory Public; the desktop.ini file contained within it was changing the apparent folder name.

    Changing the robocopy line to:

    robocopy C:/users/Public D:/Backups/%today% /XF desktop.ini

    Excludes the windows appearance file and completes the job perfectly. I can't answer my own question for 8 hours but I'll add the answer then.

     – Garth Oates Apr 22 '14 at 12:36

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Because I was copying the windows directory Public; the desktop.ini file contained within it was changing the apparent folder name.

Changing the robocopy line to: robocopy C:/users/Public D:/Backups/%today% /XF desktop.ini

Excludes the windows appearance file and completes the job perfectly.

Garth Oates
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