Simple copy program

[DuffMan]

Hello all. I was wondering if anyone has a good nose for software out there.

Im looking for a really simple program that copys a file from one place to another under windows 98. The only requirements are that the source and destination of the file can be given as commandline arguments and the source of the file can be from CD-ROM to hard drive

Any suggestions?

[DrZaius]

Hi DuffMan,

Have you tried the xcopy command under the DOS prompt? To find out all of the options, type xcopy /?. Hope this helps.

[pillainp]

You could also try out the Microsoft POwer Toys for Windows 95. M$ states that they are not meant for Windows 98, but they work pretty well on that OS. The one you want is the Send To.. powertoy, that lets you select any destination and specify command line arguments for the copy/move process.
You can find the powertoys on most free download sites, including www.cnet.com (last I checked).

[DuffMan]

What I want to do Is make an autoplay menu that has a button for copying a file on a disk to the hard drive.

I have a menu creator and you can specify buttons to execute programs in windows and also pass arguments with the program.

For example it can open divx.exe with the file movie.avi

I want a program so i can tell it to open filecopy.exe with source D:/movie.avi destination C:\Windows\Desktop as the commandline arguments.

If it is possible to do this using xcopy could you explain how?

Also I Looked into the 'Send To' power toy but it seems this would only work on a computer with the power toy installed. I would have hoped for a portable copy program that will copy the file onto any windows machine.

Many thanks,
Duff