>Sergey,
>
>I wish I could give you Solution stars in this thread. This problem has been bugging me for a long time.
>
>Thank you very much!
>
>>The /EXCLUDE switch references a file which in turn lists your string(s). For example
>>

Create file excldat.txt with any text editor with one line
>>\DATA\
>>xcopy c:*.* /e /y /EXCLUDE:c:\myfolder\excldat.txt
>>

You may try it now.