cut/copy problem

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In Windows Explorer under Windows XP if I select a large number of file to
move or copy then I get an error popup box titled "Error Copying File or
Folder" with the message "Cannot copy file: Cannot read from source file or
disk."

Is there anyway to work around this problem other than only selecting 10-100
files at a time which is virtually impossible with a list of 10,000 files?
 
One or more of the files is/are probably in use. If any of the files are
..avi files, then that is a real common problem.

If the problem seems to be with avi files...

Avi files have a bug in XP. XP thinks that it has to read through every avi
file every time that you open a folder that contains any. You also get the
locked file in use when trying to delete, rename, move, etc. avi files.

See this on the fix.

How to get rid of “Locked AVI” Bug in Windows XP
http://riccardo.raneri.it/blog/eng/index.php/2006/04/28/how-to-get-ri...

The only down side to the above fix is that when you right click an avi file
and select Properties, the Summary page will be blank or grayed out.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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In Windows Explorer under Windows XP if I select a large number of
file to move or copy then I get an error popup box titled "Error
Copying File or Folder" with the message "Cannot copy file: Cannot
read from source file or disk."

Is there anyway to work around this problem other than only selecting
10-100 files at a time which is virtually impossible with a list of
10,000 files?
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Try from Command Prompt [Start-Run-cmd] :
copy "X:\XXX\XXX\*.*" "Y:\YYY\YYY\"

Note: Before doing this, make the destination folder.
 
LOL I wonder how the heck I managed that.

Thanks, Ayush.
Snip your long urls - http://snipurl.com/
Click to expand...

FWIW, a lot of folks will NOT click on snipurls.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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Ayush said:
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How to get rid of “Locked AVI” Bug in Windows XP
http://riccardo.raneri.it/blog/eng/index.php/2006/04/28/how-to-get-ri...
Click to expand...
<http://riccardo.raneri.it/blog/eng/index.php/2006/04/28/how-to-get-rid-of-l
ocked-avi-bug-in-windows-xp/>


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Search - www.Google.com | Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org
Snip your long urls - http://snipurl.com/
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FWIW, a lot of folks will NOT click on snipurls.
Click to expand...

And Why is that ? Many people here(even MVP's) post many urls that are
snipped, e.g. http://tinyurl.com/XXXX
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It's because you have no idea what the site you're actually going to is. It
could be a site that contains malicious html.

It's for that reason that whenever I post a tinyurl, I try to remember to
also post the full URL. That gives people the choice of trusting me that I'm
not posting anything malicious, or piecing together the broken wrapping of a
long URL.
 
And Why is that ? Many people here(even MVP's) post many urls that are
snipped, e.g. http://tinyurl.com/XXXX
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What Ken said. I never post tinyurls myself. Well, I haven't for an
awful long time.

I'd rather use something like this

http://groups.google.com/group/micr...author:Saunders&rnum=1&hl=en#38e3eb2cf681673a

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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Ayush said:
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LOL I wonder how the heck I managed that.

Thanks, Ayush.
Click to expand...

You are welcome !



FWIW, a lot of folks will NOT click on snipurls.
Click to expand...

And Why is that ? Many people here(even MVP's) post many urls that are
snipped, e.g. http://tinyurl.com/XXXX



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Ayush [ Be ''?'' Happy ]

Search - www.Google.com | Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org
Snip your long urls - http://snipurl.com/
Click to expand...
 
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