User profile variable

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Hello, I would like to create a small batch file that
copies a file to a users profile in Windows 2000 Pro. My
guess is that I will need to use an Environment Variable
to achieve this. I am aware that the variable for the user
profile is %USERPROFILE%, however when I try to copy the
file I get a syntax error.

copy file %USERPROFILE%\Desktop

Any ideas?

Thank you
 
Pat said:
Hello, I would like to create a small batch file that
copies a file to a users profile in Windows 2000 Pro. My
guess is that I will need to use an Environment Variable
to achieve this. I am aware that the variable for the user
profile is %USERPROFILE%, however when I try to copy the
file I get a syntax error.

copy file %USERPROFILE%\Desktop

Any ideas?

Thank you
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As a rough guess I would say that you have spaces embedded
in "%UserProfile%". Try this instead:

copy /y file "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop"
 
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