Comments for Can I Copy and Rename a file in a single step?

Comment from Markus Anzenhofer on 2009-03-13

2009-03-13T08:47:00Z

Can I copy a file to another folder and rename the file where I copy the current date into the file name? So for example I want to copy test.txt to another folder but have it saved with the name 13032009test.txt.

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Comment from John Everett on 2009-03-01

2009-03-01T09:34:42Z

I have a folder in My Documents that needs to be renamed. "C:\Documents and Settings\Julia\..." The folder is the \Julia\ folder. When I right click to delete it there is a message that this folder cannot be deleted. How do I rename a name on this computer that is no longer related to the computer or the files in it?

Folders at that level in Documents and Settings are ... special. They represent user accounts on the machine. The only way to remove them is to delete the user account "Julia", but remember that anything associated with that account will also be lost.

- Leo
01-Mar-2009

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Comment from Leo Notenboom on 2007-03-09

2007-03-09T23:23:37Z

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I assume that any actual performance difference between the two has long
since been overshadowed by the increase in both media and processor
speed. I'm sure that the differences you mention are still there, but so
small as to be unnoticeable these days.

Leo
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Comment from dave b on 2007-03-08

2007-03-08T21:15:14Z

In an OS long, long ago there was quite a performance difference between COPY and XCOPY.

COPY was part of the command interpreter that loaded very quickly and moved smaller files very well. XCOPY was a .EXE that took longer to load, but moved larger files quicker - due to a larger buffer.

These days it appears that the only real difference is the depth of features in XCOPY. Do you know if there is still a performance difference?

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Comment from Simon on 2007-03-07

2007-03-07T22:15:10Z

For anyone interested, you can download the sucessor to cmd.exe, Windows Powershell, at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/management/powershell/download.mspx (The Windows XP / Server 2003 versions are final, but the Vista version is still in RC2). It's supposed to be incredibly powerful, and certaily overkill if all you want to do is copy files -- but if you're learning a CLI syntax from scratch anyway, you may as well learn the one that may end up being far more useful in future (i.e. if you ever need something more versatile than cmd.exe).

There's a getting started guide and quick reference at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=B4720B00-9A66-430F-BD56-EC48BFCA154F&displaylang=en.

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