I was just updating a script (which I really should migrate to PowerShell) on Vista and I found that the classic command line utility XCopy is now deprecated in Vista, meaning its still there but on the way out. I discovered this when I was updating some parameters and checked the help, which helpfully informed me that XCopy was now deprecated and I should use RoboCopy. Robocopy has always been a ResKit tool that I have never relied on to be present on the base OS, but it does indeed ship with Vista. A bit of googling and I found Jon Box of Microsoft also found the same issue as me.
So farewell XCopy, we knew you well, and now we need to get to know your descendant as well. RIP.
