Robocopy's /MT option disables /NP option
There seems to be a bug in the Win7 version of Robocopy: the "Multi Threded" options seems to disable "No Progress" option:robocopy c:\users\Public\Robocopy-Test\in c:\users\Public\Robocopy-Test\out /nfl /np/mt /e /dcopy:t /r:0 /w:0 /log:Robo-Test.txtLog: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ROBOCOPY :: Robust File Copy for Windows ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Started : Sat Dec 12 19:01:10 2009 Source : c:\users\Public\Robocopy-Test\in\ Dest : c:\users\Public\Robocopy-Test\out\ Files : *.* Options : *.* /NFL /S /E /COPY:DAT /DCOPY:T /NP /MT:8 /R:0 /W:0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 0 c:\users\Public\Robocopy-Test\in\ New Dir 4 c:\users\Public\Robocopy-Test\in\1\ 100% 0% 100% 100% 100% New Dir 3 c:\users\Public\Robocopy-Test\in\2\ 100% 100% 100% ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total Copied Skipped Mismatch FAILED Extras Dirs : 3 2 1 0 0 0 Files : 7 7 0 0 0 0 Bytes : 33.13 m 33.13 m 0 0 0 0 Times : 0:00:00 0:00:00 0:00:00 0:00:00 Ended : Sat Dec 12 19:01:10 2009 The only way I found to fix this is NOT to use the /MT option, e.g.:robocopy c:\users\Public\Robocopy-Test\in c:\users\Public\Robocopy-Test\out /nfl /np /e /dcopy:t /r:0 /w:0 /log:Robo-Test.txtLog: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ROBOCOPY :: Robust File Copy for Windows ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Started : Sat Dec 12 19:04:07 2009 Source : c:\users\Public\Robocopy-Test\in\ Dest : c:\users\Public\Robocopy-Test\out\ Files : *.* Options : *.* /NFL /S /E /COPY:DAT /DCOPY:T /NP /R:0 /W:0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 0 c:\users\Public\Robocopy-Test\in\ New Dir 4 c:\users\Public\Robocopy-Test\in\1\ New Dir 3 c:\users\Public\Robocopy-Test\in\2\ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total Copied Skipped Mismatch FAILED Extras Dirs : 3 2 1 0 0 0 Files : 7 7 0 0 0 0 Bytes : 33.13 m 33.13 m 0 0 0 0 Times : 0:00:00 0:00:00 0:00:00 0:00:00 Speed : 579033733 Bytes/sec. Speed : 33132.575 MegaBytes/min. Ended : Sat Dec 12 19:04:07 2009 Is there a way to use the /MT option without filling the log with "100%"s?
December 13th, 2009 3:10am

Hi Is_mstn, Yes, we can repro this issue on my side. And we have added it into our bug database. Thank you for reporting it. I think it should be fixed soon. :)Thanks again.
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December 16th, 2009 12:42pm

what is the word on this as this issue is still not resolved?
December 28th, 2010 12:33pm

I can confirm this is an issue with Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 and Windows 7 SP1. Is there a fix?
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May 27th, 2011 1:08am

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