Copy a Folder to Another Folder and Retain its Permissions Click Start , and then click Run . In the Open box, type cmd , and then click OK . Type xcopy source destination /O /X /E /H /K and then press ENTER , where source is the source path for the files to be copied, and destination is the destination path for the files. Example xcopy c:\software d:\software-backup/O /X /E /H /K , and then press ENTER , where c:\software is the source folder and d:\software-backup is the destination folder. Copy structure of a folder only xcopy source destination /T /E
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