How to Recursively copy a directory in Windows Command prompt

xcopy - Handy tool on windows

xcopy is useful program that is included with Windows. Some of the things it can do include: copy directories recursively, copy just the folder structure, copy files changed on or after a given date, exclude files, only copy files that already exist in the destination, overwrite read only files, etc.

Here's an example of copying files recursively:

xcopy /E c:\source c:\dest