Question : why does the home folder not get created automatically when i copy a user?

i have created a template user in AD. When i copy it all goes well until it has to create the home folder. I get an error message that "the \\ADMINO1\USERS\%TEMPLATEUSERS% home folder was not created because The newtork path was not found"

The location of the folder where the home folders are located is C:\Users

It has been an issue for a while ow but i just have not had the time to sort it

Answer : why does the home folder not get created automatically when i copy a user?

I would assume your problem is the %TEMPLATEUSERS% variable in your User profile template is not a valid variable, unless you have  defined it. Try in the profile using %USERNAME%. The profile should also point to a share name rather than the actual folder name.
e.g.   \\Servername\sharename\%username%

You can verify if the %variable% exists by entering at a command prompt;  set username  (without the %%). It will return the value/location if it exists, or just enter  set  and it will return a list of all variables.