Xcopy throwing error message

Good morning. I realize that not many people still use xcopy in Windows 11 for backup, but I back up only 6 folders - no system files. My batch file has always done the job but, today it does not work, giving me what seems like a nonsensical msg. I am copying from my MSI laptop to a desktop computer. kitchen is the name of the target computer. I'm sure it's something simple that I am blind to. The code is exactly the same in all the other lines except for the folder names. Suggestions appreciated. Thanks.

This is the line that stopped working:
xcopy /d/s/h/y C:\Users\lisa\Desktop\*.* kitchen\E\MSIDesktopFiles\
Msg: Cannot perform a cyclic copy.

OS Version: Microsoft Windows 11 Home, 64 bit, Build 26200, Installed 20241225110553.000000-300
Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS with Radeon Graphics, AMD64 Family 25 Model 68 Stepping 1, CPU Count: 16
Total Physical RAM: 32 GB
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU
Hard Drives: C: 930 GB (599 GB Free); D: 1863 GB (1862 GB Free);
Motherboard: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. MS-16RK, ver REV:1.0, s/n BSS-0123456789
System: American Megatrends International, LLC., ver MSI_NB - 1072009, s/n 9S716RK11203ZR5000135
Antivirus: Malwarebytes, Enabled and Updated

Can you try this way please?

Thank you Oat. Adding the \\ throws a different error: Invalid number of parameters.
I just ran the batch file again with a test file placed in each folder that I want to copy and other than the desktop files it successfully copied the rest to the appropriate folders on the other computer. Could this be a different problem - not sure what it means but the background color of the desktop folder path has changed to red. As far as I know, this generally means that a folder has been compressed, but I haven't compressed this folder.

this might help: Xcopy Cannot Perform a Cyclic Copy: What It Means and How to Fix It

Your command line isn't specifying a network directory as the target, but a subdirectory of the current directory when you ran the command. That would make the cyclic copy error possible.

@OAT suggested the modification with \\ because that's the normal way to refer to a network path. Unless you have mapped it to a drive letter

If you are copying to a network drive, robocopy is the most suitable tool. It is designed to be robust. Do read the documentation carefully, it needs a source directory, a target direcory and a file specification. So it isn't like xcopy.

Thank you for your help & suggestions. The script is working now and it turns out that that old expression "Intel inside - idiot outside" is not just a joke. I wasn't going to admit what I had done but perhaps, sometime, someone else might be working when tired and need a simple answer -- also because I now know where I can get answers and didn't want to appear ungrateful for the time you spent answering my question. The problem was that I had earlier logged onto the second computer (kitchen) through Windows Explorer (laptop) which created a folder of the same name on my laptop desktop which created a loop. Without that connection, there is no problem.