Copy "locked" file

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Matthew

I would like to make a copy of a file while other people are using it. I
have Windows 2000 Server.
When I try to copy this file now, I get this error:
Cannot copy [filename]: The process cannot access the file because another
process has locked a portion of the file.

Is there a way to copy this file while it's in use?
If it makes any difference, it is a QuickBooks company file.

Thanks in advance,

Matthew
 
Probably not but ask the developer intuit.

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:
|I would like to make a copy of a file while other people are using it. I
| have Windows 2000 Server.
| When I try to copy this file now, I get this error:
| Cannot copy [filename]: The process cannot access the file because another
| process has locked a portion of the file.
|
| Is there a way to copy this file while it's in use?
| If it makes any difference, it is a QuickBooks company file.
|
| Thanks in advance,
|
| Matthew
|
|
 
I called them and got a guy in India who told me no application let you copy
and paste the file while the program was working with it, including Notepad.

Hmmm.

Matthew
 
Yepper.

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
|I called them and got a guy in India who told me no application let you
copy
| and paste the file while the program was working with it, including
Notepad.
|
| Hmmm.
|
| Matthew
 
Actually - have you tried the good old DOS "copy" command from a Command
Prompt??

There's more than one way to skin Windows.. ;-)

Cameron:-)
 
Nice thought! Unfortunately, DOS gives the same error message.

Matthew

Cameron Dorrough said:
Actually - have you tried the good old DOS "copy" command from a Command
Prompt??

There's more than one way to skin Windows.. ;-)

Cameron:-)

Dave Patrick said:
Yepper.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
|I called them and got a guy in India who told me no application let you
copy
| and paste the file while the program was working with it, including
Notepad.
|
| Hmmm.
|
| Matthew
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You agree with India?

That's odd. I have tested Notepad on XP Pro and 2000 and have had no
trouble copying the file while it was open in Notepad. I can even delete
the file while it is open!

I wonder if we are set up differently.

Matthew
 
I think it depends entirely on the process between the application and the
file. Some applications work with the file entirely in RAM; initially open,
read file into memory, close, and subsequently open, write, close when you
'Save' the file.

--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| You agree with India?
|
| That's odd. I have tested Notepad on XP Pro and 2000 and have had no
| trouble copying the file while it was open in Notepad. I can even delete
| the file while it is open!
|
| I wonder if we are set up differently.
|
| Matthew
 
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