Programmatically backup outlook pst file when outlook is in use

Hello,
I want to develop utility to take backup of outlook pst file automatically even if outlook is in use. When outlook is closed then I am able to copy pst file but when outlook is in use then its showing error "The process can not access the file
because another process has locked a portion of the file".
Does anyone have idea how to programmatically copy pst file even if outlook is open? Another question is does anyone have idea of incremental backup of pst file?
Please give some idea if you know the answer.... Its really very urgent..
Akshay Shah

Hi,
You erroneously posted your question on the Project forum which is dedicated to the Microsoft scheduling and planning application.
Please post it on the right forum to have appropriate help, starting from here:
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/home?forum=whatforum
Hope this helps,
Guillaume Rouyre, MBA, MVP, P-Seller |

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