Robocopy is a robust tool for copying files, but it may not be the best option for inexperienced users, so before you dive in to rolling your own backup scripts, consider other, more user-friendly ...

Robocopy GUI is a robust, flexible, configurable tool with over 80 switches, to copy files in multi thread. Microsoft Robocopy GUI offers an easy interface.

One of Robocopy’s most handy features comes into play when it encounters a file that is in use. When it does, Robocopy will stop and wait for that file to be closed so that it can continue with ...

I can do that with robocopy using the line robocopy C:1 C:2. This is the simplest way robocopy can be used. Before seeing each file dutifully copy over to Folder2, you'll see a banner. This banner is ...

Short version of what I'm trying to do is sync my Outlook files from local hard drive to my network drive at work, and I want to try and use robocopy (and a Scheduled Task) to do this nightly.

We have been using robocopy to replicate files between to local servers in a Windows server 2008 environment. My issue that i'm having is replicating files between two servers on seperate domains.

The downside of this approach is that it means Robocopy doesn't behave consistently between different platforms, and scripts written to run on Vista systems won't make any sense on older machines ...

But with SMB 2.1 and the new version of Robocopy, full multithreaded operation is supported and we should therefore see better performance in these scenarios.

Robocopy is one of the Win2003 resource kit tools and the replacement for xcopy in Vista. If you're not into using the command line, hit the link for more on the Robocoby GUI. Thanks, Kevin!

Also, Robocopy will accept UNC pathnames including long pathnames over 256 characters long – although Robocopy successfully copies such files, to avoid issues such as difficulty accessing the ...