
Here's what I think is an intersting find?
Ever drop on a file or collection of files that you want to copy, that spits back an error message sumfin like "File in use" unable to copy which can be a bit of a nuisance!
I like the commandline quite a lot so this little gizmo is right up my alley & maybe up yours, well how do we achieve this then, "Copying locked files"?!
Since XP, Windows has supported a technology called Volume Shadow Copy, which is used to power the previous versions feature in Vista as well as System Restore and backups. What it does is take a temporary snapshot of the file or drive, and then allow an application to read from the snapshot even while other applications are accessing or modifying the file.
What we can do is use a command line utility called HoboCopy that utilizes this service to copy the file.
Well maybe just maybe it could be used to say back up your active registry why not give it a go & find out, an interesting topic for a homework project LOL?
And where can one find out details about this Gizmo:?
Try Here:
http://www.howtogeek...ked-in-windows/
Noteably it is open source 2
http://sourceforge.n...ckage_id=204974
There are dependancies of course but isn't there always, kinda looks nifty to me?
Tis also avaialable for Vista also
N-Joy!
Regards & Best Wishes,
ispy

Addendum UMMmmm Maybe its the case that some people would prefer a Gui interface so as an alternative to HoboCopy what about this:
http://en.kioskea.ne...712-shadow-copy
Maybe this would suffice
N-Joy!
R&R,
ispy
