>I need to copy a set of files to a users shared folder. Such folder is password protected and the Copy File command fails unless you open the target folder and the password has been already provided.
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>Is there any secondary method to accomplish this without the use of a .BAT file?

You can use the Windows Scripting Host to do this.

oWSNetwork = createobject('WScript.Network')
oWSNetwork.MapNetworkDrive('K:','\\MyPC\MyShare',.F.,"username","password")

You can read more about it at http://msdn.microsoft.com/scripting/default.htm?/scripting/windowshost/default.htm.