'else' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file

I try to use with "else" command but I get the foloowing error:

**'else' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.**

My code is:

if "zz"=="TRUE" (
copy /a zz + /a ee=/a zz
)
else (
copy /a e + /a %TMP%=/a e
)

What the problem?

The `else` needs to be on the same "line" <sup>(a)</sup> as the `if`. Remove the new-line before the `else` like so:

if "zz"=="TRUE" (
copy /a zz + /a ee=/a zz
) else (
copy /a e + /a %TMP%=/a e
)

Please also note that `"zz"=="TRUE"` will never evaluate to `true` - I suspect you meant `"%zz%"=="TRUE"`?

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<sup>(a)</sup>: This isn't always a good description, though it's what the Microsoft documents use. Same _command_ may have been better, and putting `)` and `else` on a different line breaks it into _two_ commands.