Re: Overriding copy + Pasting errors

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From: David Candy (david_at_mvps.org)
Date: 07/22/04 

Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 05:00:37 +1000

You could write a program as the actual API call behind it allows continue.

But XCopy is probably what you want. Type it in Help. 

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"Sam Stafford" <noodle_SS@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news:250201c4701d$6be37dd0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> Hi,
> Basically, I was wondering if there were some settings 
> that would allow you to override errors when copy&pasting 
> in Windows XP. I have a very large series of folders full 
> of images and MS office documents. I'm trying to copy 
> these over a network, and they will copy until they get 
> to certain files.. 
> There are numerous files dotted about these folders that 
> have either some insane protection level on them (they're 
> government files) or they have become corrupted as they 
> are quite old (hence the backup). When they try and copy, 
> an error message comes up saying they are 'in use or 
> write protected', then, and this is the real gyp, the 
> copying stops and I have to find the file.
> Now, There are no problems with the network, no 
> firewalls, no troubles with the PC's, the files are not 
> read only, and the files that are troublesome I cannot 
> open, or even delete.
> Is there a setting somewhere that would give me the 
> option to copy the files continuously and skip any files 
> it cannot copy, but then carry on regardless? It would 
> save me a lot of time, as my only other option is to 
> manually find every troublesome file, then resume copying 
> from after it. With 5Gb and about a thousand folders, 
> this is no viable.
> Any help will be appreciated, thanks in advance.
> 
> -Sam