lost xcopy funtion

[William D.]

Hi:
Hope this is the right forum/group. If it isn't please let
me know so I re-direct my question to the right place.

I need some help here. Somehow, somwehere I lost the Dos
function "xcopy". I get the error message Xcopy in not an
internal or external command.
Background. On my desktop I have WinXP home edition (oem)
with service pack 1 installed. On my Dell laptop I also
have WinXp home edition (oem) with service pack1
installed. Both versions of winXp have the same build
number. I'm running a lot of batch files that have copy
and xcopy in them. Copy command works fine. It's just I
wnat to save some typing and time by useing xcopy with
the /s option. On the laptop "xcopy works fine. On my
desktop it dosen't. Question - Where or how can I get the
xcopy function back. In the old days u had the command.com
file with all the DOS functions. Just copy back and forth.
In Win XP it's totally different. I have both original
WinXP cd's Where can I find this file or DLL or whatever
has the xcopy funtion in it. I could copy said file(s)
from my laptop if I only knew which one it is? I don't
exactly feel like re-installing the whole OS and Update or
patch everything. So can anybody offer me a clue? Thanks
in advance for the help

Willaim D.

[DennisLazo.com]

just copy the xcopy.exe file from one computer where it is available to the
other where it is missing.

the path is c:\windows\system32\xcopy.exe

i hope that helps.

best regards,
dennis
http://dennislazo.com/nw


"William D." > wrote in message
...
| Hi:
| Hope this is the right forum/group. If it isn't please let
| me know so I re-direct my question to the right place.
|
| I need some help here. Somehow, somwehere I lost the Dos
| function "xcopy". I get the error message Xcopy in not an
| internal or external command.
| Background. On my desktop I have WinXP home edition (oem)
| with service pack 1 installed. On my Dell laptop I also
| have WinXp home edition (oem) with service pack1
| installed. Both versions of winXp have the same build
| number. I'm running a lot of batch files that have copy
| and xcopy in them. Copy command works fine. It's just I
| wnat to save some typing and time by useing xcopy with
| the /s option. On the laptop "xcopy works fine. On my
| desktop it dosen't. Question - Where or how can I get the
| xcopy function back. In the old days u had the command.com
| file with all the DOS functions. Just copy back and forth.
| In Win XP it's totally different. I have both original
| WinXP cd's Where can I find this file or DLL or whatever
| has the xcopy funtion in it. I could copy said file(s)
| from my laptop if I only knew which one it is? I don't
| exactly feel like re-installing the whole OS and Update or
| patch everything. So can anybody offer me a clue? Thanks
| in advance for the help
|
| Willaim D.