Simple batch file gets syntax error

Question

My one-line batch file gets the error message :The syntax of the command is incorrect. I'm pretty sure this is not so.

As in so many many other cases, Microsoft gives a generic error message that has no apparent connection to what the user is trying to do. As a result, we don't know what is going on, and we don't know what to do. So we have to waste the time of a Microsoft representative, and maybe get an answer in a couple of years.

And it's even longer for a CORRECT answer.

Here's my batch file:

@echo off<br><br>copy C:\Users\larry\OneDrive\Pictures\user.png C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\User Account Pictures

Okay, it's two lines.

What I'm trying to do is copy a revised (blank) png file to where it needs to go to appear on the sign-in page.

My guess is that I'm trying to copy to a protected folder. If so, why doesn't Windows tell me that?

I don't see a syntax error.

I'll eventually figure it out, don't worry.

[Naturally, not one of the Topics is remotely appropriate for this question. I'll pick at random, OK?]

Answer 1

The second file path contains spaces so it needs to be quoted.

copy C:\Users\larry\OneDrive\Pictures\user.png "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\User Account Pictures"