Re: Make an automatic task?

Try this from a command prompt first:

copy C:\Documents and Settings\cpc\My Documents\notecard.jpg C:\Documents
and Settings\cpc\Desktop

If that doesn't work and results in an error message, try adding quotes as
follows:
copy "C:\Documents and Settings\cpc\My Documents\notecard.jpg"
"C:\Documents and Settings\cpc\Desktop"

If you still get an error message, the folks over at
alt.msdos.batch.nt
would be happy to help; lots of experts on that group.

If it works, you're all set; make your batch fie.

HTH
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Stoke wrote:
Earl Grey -

I wrote the batch file - named the icon do it.bat

I wrote it in notepad, and this is what it contains:

copy C:\Documents and Settings\cpc\My Documents\notecard.jpg
paste C:\Documents and Settings\cpc\Desktop

I thought that after clicking on the icon, I should have notecard.jpg
on my desktop, but it's not there...

What's missing??

"Earl Grey" wrote:

Hi Stoke:

You'd do that in the same way you would have in the "old DOS days":
Write a batch file. Depending on exactly what you want to accomplish,
you might use the del and copy commands.

Earl Grey

Stoke wrote:
I know exactly what I want to do from the old DOS days - trying to
figure out how to do it in Windows format.

Basically I want an icon on my desktop that will when clicked -
1 . erase a file from a specific location
2. copy a file from a specified folder
3. paste it to another folder

Seems so simple, but I don't know how to do it in Windows! Can
someone help me? THanks!



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