Copying Files Stops

Often when copying or deleting files in Windows Explorer, if a file is
in use or for some reason can't be copied or deleted right then, the
whole process stops instead of continuing onto the next. Is that built
in or settings based? Thanks.

Roger

<romat@invalid.net> wrote in message
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> Often when copying or deleting files in Windows Explorer, if a file is
> in use or for some reason can't be copied or deleted right then, the
> whole process stops instead of continuing onto the next. Is that built
> in or settings based? Thanks.
>
> Roger


To overcome such problems you may want to use the command line instead


xcopy /c should do the trick


just open a command window and type xcopy /? for a list of all the switches

"philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote:

> <romat@invalid.net> wrote in message
> news:20080217075316.9e60b0bc.romat@invalid.net...
> > Often when copying or deleting files in Windows Explorer, if a file is
> > in use or for some reason can't be copied or deleted right then, the
> > whole process stops instead of continuing onto the next. Is that built
> > in or settings based? Thanks.
> >
> > Roger
>
>
> To overcome such problems you may want to use the command line instead
>
> xcopy /c should do the trick

> just open a command window and type xcopy /? for a list of all the switches

So are you saying this is the way WinExplorer was designed and that to
copy files where one might be in use I have to revert to DOS?!

RM

<romat@invalid.net> wrote in message
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> "philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote:
>
> > <romat@invalid.net> wrote in message
> > news:20080217075316.9e60b0bc.romat@invalid.net...
> > > Often when copying or deleting files in Windows Explorer, if a file is
> > > in use or for some reason can't be copied or deleted right then, the
> > > whole process stops instead of continuing onto the next. Is that
built
> > > in or settings based? Thanks.
> > >
> > > Roger
> >
> >
> > To overcome such problems you may want to use the command line instead
> >
> > xcopy /c should do the trick
>
> > just open a command window and type xcopy /? for a list of all the
switches
>
> So are you saying this is the way WinExplorer was designed and that to
> copy files where one might be in use I have to revert to DOS?!
>
> RM


As far as I know , yes.

But maybe someone else will come along with add'l info