copying all contents of folder to another folder using batch file?

Question

xcopy.exe is the solution here. It's built into Windows.

xcopy /s c:\Folder1 d:\Folder2

You can find more options at http://www.computerhope.com/xcopyhlp.htm

If you have robocopy,

robocopy C:\Folder1 D:\Folder2 /COPYALL /E

otherwise,

xcopy /e /v C:\Folder1 D:\Folder2

if you want remove the message that tells if the destination is a file or folder you just add a slash:

xcopy /s c:\Folder1 d:\Folder2\

I see a lot of answers suggesting the use of xcopy. But this is unnecessary. As the question clearly mentions that the author wants THE CONTENT IN THE FOLDER not the folder itself to be copied in this case we can -:

copy "C:\Folder1" *.*  "D:\Folder2"

Thats all xcopy can be used for if any subdirectory exists in C:\Folder1

RoboCopy did not work for me, and there are some good solutions here, but none explained the XCopy switches and what they do. Also you need quotes in case your path has spaces in it.

xcopy /i /e "C:\temp\folder 1" "C:\temp\folder 2"

Here is the documentation from Microsoft:

XCopy MS Documentation

/s: Specifies to include subdirectories. Excludes empty subdirectories
/e: Copies all subdirectories, even if they are empty
/i: specifies the destination is a folder (Otherwise it prompts you)

@echo off
::Ask
echo Your Source Path:
set INPUT1=
set /P INPUT1=Type input: %=%

echo Your Destination Path:
set INPUT2=
set /P INPUT2=Type input: %=%

xcopy %INPUT1% %INPUT2% /y /s