XCOPY /Exclude Directory Syntax

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I'm trying to use XCOPY to copy a directory that looks like this:

-MainFolder
 -ManyFoldersIWantToCopy
 -ManyFoldersIWantToCopy
 -...
 -Source Code

I want to use the /EXCLUDE option to copy every folder except Source Code.

I tried using the following, but I did not have any luck:

xcopy "Source" "Destination" /EXCLUDE:"\Source Code\" /E /C /R /I /K /Y

The error message I receive says: Can't read file: "\Source Code\".

I've tried removing the double-quotes all together, using single-quotes instead, with/without the \'s, but I get the same error message.

Any ideas?

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