RE: Replicating a Directory - Accessing / coping files locked by another process

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Hello Todor Todorov,
It should not be ReadDirectoryChangesW which give you share violation when
a 3rd app is going to copy, but depends on the sharemode you used when
obtaining a handle to the directory.
I am not sure what share mode you used with CreateFile. But from your
description of error which the 3rd app report. you did probably not specify
FILE_SHARE_READ when calling CreateFile to get the handle to the directory.
There are 3 share mode you can use:
FILE_SHARE_READ -- Enables subsequent operations or other process to obtain
read access
FILE_SHARE_WRITE -- Enables subsequent operations or other process to
obtain write access
FILE_SHARE_DELETE -- Enables subsequent operations or other process to
obtain delete access
For more details, please reference dwShareMode in CreateFile doc.

Please let me know if my answer helps you resolve the problem. If there is
anything more I can assist you, please feel free to let me know.

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