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I'm writing a batch job that needs to copy a directory of database backups from a network drive to the local machine.

When I manually move these files in Windows 8 I get a nice copy dialog that shows the overall progress.

I can automate this process using Xcopy, but the copy takes a very long time and there's no feedback to show that anything is in progress.

Is there any command that can be used on Win8 that will trigger a copy and display the progress dialog?

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Use ROBOCOPY instead of XCOPY

ROBOCOPY /?

There's also a custom PowerShell function that a user wrote on StackOverflow.

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    It's important to note here that Robocopy will not open the GUI progress dialog, but it WILL return lines in the command prompt window itself, as well as offer logging options.
    – Jared Tritsch
    Apr 25, 2014 at 15:28
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RichCopy is ROBOCOPY wrapped in a GUI. It shows the progress of the file copy in detail, allows saving and loading of options, and is somewhat easier to get started with.

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