XCOPY and ROBOCOPY hang if file is locked and Destination is network drive
Using XCOPY or ROBOCOPY to copy an Outlook .pst file while Outlook is open and has the file partially locked causes XCOPY and ROBOCOPY opertations to abort immediately and report the file as partially locked if the Destination is another drive on the same
PC or a USB drive. But if the Destination drive is a network share (e.g.
\\Whatever\Whatever) then both XCOPY and ROBOCOPY hang forever - even after Outlook is closed and the file lock is released. The old DOS command COPY properly recognizes the lock abd aborts regardless of the Destination location. But COPY won't
replicate the file Create/Modify dates on the Destination location as XCOPY and ROBOCOPY do. I'm using straight DOS from a .bat file
Anyone have any suggestions as to how to recognize this condition and avoid or correct it? Sorry if this is the wrong forum. I didn't know where else to post this.
I really don't know why I bother with the Microsoft forums when facing technical issues with Microsoft products. I should really just write an Adblock script that takes Google results for this site out of suggested search results.
Marking this sort of unrelated comment as an "answer" is what I've sadly come to expect of the Microsoft forums. I take it your personal worth as a moderator is measured in some way by how many such 'answers' you produce.
I, and I'm sure many others, would prefer it if you were just honest enough to say "we don't know" rather than pretend that issues don't exist like this. Trying to create an impression that you've provided help when you have not is very probably what keeps
you from ever improving these forums.
RoboCopy is NOT a script it is a system utility. These forums are not customer support or a help desk.
The answers to this question are well known and should be asked for in the correct forum. If you really need the answer to this particular question then just read the help for RoboCopy. It is in there very explicitly.
When you call you PC vendor for support they will usually ask you to check to see if the PC is plugged in. This is standard procedure. It is like pointing out to new PC users that they should also call the correct vendor and give correct information.
Posting a utility question in a scripting forum is the same as giving bad information about your problem. After you have more experience with the technology you will see the importance of this.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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XCOPY and ROBOCOPY hang if file is locked nd Destination is a network drive
This question was first posted to the Scripting Forum. They indcated I should switch to the Plarform Forum. I'm hoping this is the right place. So ...
On my home PCs, when using XCOPY or ROBOCOPY to copy an Outlook .pst file while Outlook is open and has the file partially locked causes XCOPY and ROBOCOPY opertations to abort immediately and report the file as partially locked if the Destination is another
drive on the same PC or a USB drive. That's good, and is as I expect. But if the Destination drive is a network share (e.g.
\\Whatever\Whatever) then both XCOPY and ROBOCOPY hang forever - even when specifying zero retries in ROBOCOPY and even after Outlook is closed and the file lock is released. The old DOS command COPY properly recognizes
the lock and aborts regardless of the Destination location. But COPY won't replicate the file Create/Modify dates on the Destination location as XCOPY and ROBOCOPY do. I'm using straight DOS from a .bat file
Anyone have any suggestions as to how to recognize this condition and avoid or correct it?Ivan-Liu: Thanks for your input. The thread you referred me to looked promising, but ultimately was not a solution.
It focuses on ROBOCOPY and the use of an elevated command prompt.
First of all, as I initially reported, I found the same “hang” behavior with ROBOCOPY as with XCOPY.
Secondly, I prefer to avoid ROBOCOPY because one of the PCs I am trying to support is still running a version of Windows XP that does not make ROBOCOPY available to me.
I have not yet tried the operation when using “run as an administrator,” but my own login has administrator privilege and still exhibits the problem.
Moreover, the operation (both XCOPY and ROBOCOPY) always completes without issue when the .pst file is NOT locked.
The hang-up occurs only when I forget to close Outlook before initiating the XCOPY or ROBOCOPY operation.
I still need to confirm that the behavior is the same whether using a UNC pathname or a mapped drive name.
But my memory is that the copy operations still hang if the file is locked when the copy operation is initiated.
The two main PCs I use are running Windows-7 (one 64-bit and one 32-bit.)
The .pst file in question varies, but is typically between 100MB and 400MB.
The behavior is consistent, regardless of size. I have not tested the behavior with smaller .pst files or with other locked files of any size.
I’m now of the belief that my issue relates to the specific storage solution I have in place, which consists of an external 1TB Seagate USB drive plugged into a Belkin router, which subsequently makes the drive visible to my Windows home network as a network
drive. I don’t know if it’s a Seagate issue or a Belkin issue.
I’m still working to rule out Belkin by connecting the Seagate drive directly to a PC, but have not had time to complete that test yet.
I suspect Belkin, though, because attempts to XCOPY or ROBOCOPY to a thumb drive will abort immediately and report the file is locked.
Plus, I also have a separate problem wherein certain .xlsm files copied to the Seagate drive (when it is connected to the Belkin router) always report that they are corrupt if/when I attempt to use Excel to open the Seagate copy.
Excel always seems to successfully “repair” the files.
But I’ve been unable to discover a cause for that issue too. Testing has shown that behavior to be consistent with both UNC and mapped drive names. -
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I bought a song, and it says the file is corrupted and will not download what should i do?
I bought a song, and it says the file is corrupted and will not download what should i do?
If you see the "Purchased" option on the main screen of the iTunes Store, here's what I'd do:
1) Go into your library and delete the file if it downloaded. If not, go to your downloads and delete it from there to stop it from download.
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Also, you may wish to turn off any anti-virus or anti-malware programs before you try this again, as that sometimes is what can be blocking the download. Otherwise, contact iTunes Store Support:
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i recently purchased a 21.5 iMac with Yosemite (10.10.1) and was disappointed to discover that my CS6 programs are not functioning correctly. I am unable to use the "Save As" command when making changes to a JPEG file in Photoshop. The message I get says that either another program is using the file or it is locked and I don't have permission to execute that command. I'm experiencing a similar problem in Bridge when trying to move an unwanted file to the Trash. Again, I get a message telling me that i don't have permission to do this. Lastly, I'm unable to open any Camera Raw files. Any suggestions? I had no problems with the Mavericks OS on my old iMac and although it's much slower, I'm tempted to go back to using my old iMac. At this point, I feel as if I've just wasted $2300+ (tax included).
Back up all data before proceeding.
This procedure will unlock all your user files (not system files) and reset their ownership, permissions, and access controls to the default. If you've intentionally set special values for those attributes on any of your files, they will be reverted. In that case, either stop here, or be prepared to recreate the settings if necessary. Do so only after verifying that those settings didn't cause the problem. If none of this is meaningful to you, you don't need to worry about it, but you do need to follow the instructions below.
Step 1
If you have more than one user, and the one in question is not an administrator, then go to Step 2.
Triple-click anywhere in the following line on this page to select it:
sudo find ~ $TMPDIR.. -exec chflags -h nouchg,nouappnd,noschg,nosappnd {} + -exec chown -h $UID {} + -exec chmod +rw {} + -exec chmod -h -N {} + -type d -exec chmod -h +x {} + 2>&-
Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.
Launch the built-in Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad and start typing the name.
Paste into the Terminal window by pressing command-V. I've tested these instructions only with the Safari web browser. If you use another browser, you may have to press the return key after pasting.
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Take this step only if you have trouble with Step 1, if you prefer not to take it, or if it doesn't solve the problem.
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Press return. A Reset Password window will open. You’re not going to reset a password.
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Under Reset Home Directory Permissions and ACLs, click the Reset button.
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My iTunes itl file is locked and its not letting me in my itunes at all
my itunes is locked and i cant get in
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Drag your iTunes Library.itl file from your iTunes folder onto your desktop
Launch iTunes, the library will be blank
Quit iTunes, and copy the iTunes Library.itl file back from the desktop into your iTunes folder (it will warn you that you are replacing the newer blank file, that's fine)
Restart iTunes
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My files are locked and I can't edit them!
What is happening? I have DW CS4. I am trying to edit a site have used for years - my own site! Every file I try to open, I'm told it is locked and is View Only! This has never happened before. What is going on? Help!
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Word and Excel hang "downloading" file from network drive - copy file to be able to open it
Word or Excel hang trying to open files on a network drive maybe after an untidy close.
Symptoms: pick the file from a pinned entry on recent list or even direct from File!Open... or by double clicking on the file from file explorer. Word/Excel show in the middle of the status line a comment "Downloading:filename "
a progress bar, that shows no progress, and a white cross on a red circle to close. Some minutes later may Excel/Word say could not open filename.
I have removed any temporary copies of the file prefixed with the ~. However there are no documents shown in any document recovery pane.
If I rename the original file the problem is still there.
I can only clear the problem by working on a copy of the file. It works with either a new name of if the copy is used to replace the original file.
It seems file explorer's "copy" is clearing something within the file that is causing this problem.
I have seen the same issue with both Excel and Word documents in native Office 2010 format.
Is there a better way to clear this issue?
ThanksHi,
It doesn't hang/crash, does it?
If you could provide the exact error message, it would be preferred to determine the cause.
You can also try the steps below to modify the registry, as mentioned in this thread:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/ba5114e0-98dd-4b44-a078-373df8899048/word-2007-issue-slow-opening-files?forum=word
Note your 12.0 represents Office 2007, 14.0 is for Office 2010.
Important
This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the
registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry,
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Back-up-the-registry
Word
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.14\Shell\Open\Command
Rename Subkey “Command” to “Old_Command”
Rename Key “ddeexec” to “Old_ddeexec”
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.docx In the Open Command append “%1”
Excel
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Excel.Document.14\Shell\Open\Command
Rename Subkey “Command” to “Old_Command”
Rename Key “ddeexec” to “Old_ddeexec”
Using FileType Manager change .xls from Excel.Sheet.8 to Excel.Sheet.14 In the Open Command append “%1”
.xlsx In the Open Command append “%1”
If the issue persists, you can also read this KB below and let me know if it is helpful:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/313937/en-us
Regards,
Melon Chen
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Time machine restored files are locked and can't unlock them
After upgrading to an SSD, i was having problems with restoring files from Timemachine. i fiexed that by naming my ssd drive the same as the drive that was backedup using time machine. now, i can't seem to edite any of the files restored in Documents from the backup. not can i edit or add content inside the folders withing documents. i dont know whats going on. they appear lock and there is no way to unlock them. it says i will need to duplicate the items!
i'll run a permissions verify once. in the mainwhile, if u guys know about this please let me know. thanks.
NeeravStay calm!
Ok- saying 'locked' besides their name when you open it is Lion-speak for the fact that it hasn't been edited in a while. It should, once you try and edit it, pop up a dialogue offering you the chance to duplicate or unlock the file. In the instance that the second option isn't available, try some or all of the following:
-As the poster above said, try doing a get-info (cmd i) on a file/folder and seeing if it's locked. Uncheck it if it is. If you find they are ALL locked, you can change it on multiple items at once by selecting them and pressing cmd alt i
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-You can also try going to a high-level folder (namely, one with a lot of stuff in) and doing what I just described, then under the read-write permission hit the little cog-symbol and choose 'apply to enclosed items'. See if that helps.
-My final suggestion would be to find a free application called ACL fix. This helps repair dodgy or messed--up permissions using a simple drag and drop interface. Download that, and drag the affected folders onto it as per the instructions. Hopefully it should fix everything up.
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Indesign CS5 file keeps locking and won't save or undo
Hi Adobe forum,
I've recently bought Indesign CS5 and I've already had two problems in two days with the software. I've got a new macbook pro.
The first problem was when exporting a file down to CS4 with the new IDML file format it kept sending it to the background export panel, but it then wouldn't process at all. This was annoying as i couldn't then save or cancel the exporting file. I found a way around this by first exporting a pdf and then exporting the IDML file... it seemed to get it all kickstarted. Please fix this bug Adobe.
The second problem I've got is: I opened an Indesign CS4 file and then saved it as a different file name. I then opened this new file and as soon as i tried to make a few changes it wouldn't let me save or undo or redo anything. This was very odd, and annoying. I checked the file info and nothing was odd and permissions was read and write. Any idea how to get around this? Is there a secret unlock / lock button that I have pressed somehow?
Let me know if anyone can help.
CampbellPaka222, please start a new thread for your problem. It's not the same as the year-old problem that started this thread. (Maybe someone can lock this one?)
I opened my CS3 files and then successfully saved them several times, but part way through a job, the file froze up and I couldn't undo or save. When I closed the file it asked me if I wanted to save so I said yes, but then it gave me the message that the file could not be saved. In one of the CS5.5 help sections it said to export as IDML file and then reopen the file if you are experiencing problems saving converted files. I did that but it did mess up the file a little (added drop shadows to a bunch of the photos that did not have drop shadows). I'm hoping this will fix the problem, but it isn't a consistent problem so I have to test it. Are you running any type of auto-activation plugins for fonts? I just set up my Fusion 3 font auto-activation plugin for CS5.5 this morning and the problem occurred on the same day. If the IDML fix does not work, I'm thinking it may be the auto-activation plugin since I've read about similar issues before with third party plugins.
You should try exporting your CS3 files to INX and opening that in CS5.5.
If you see a problem when you export to IDML, it most likely means that your file was corrupt from the start. I guess it could also mean you have identified a bugin the IDML export, but I think that is not the likely case.
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I have installed iphoto 9.5.1 and now my iphoto library is locked, anybody have a fix for this?
Have you tried to restart the system? Sometimes this is caused by a running application blocking the access.
If that does not help, look for a lock file in the iPhoto library package as described here by Terence Devlin:
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My seven year old daughter got an ipod touch a few months ago from her father. She has now forgotten her password and it has been tried too many times and so the ipod has been disabled. It now say connect to itunes. I have tried to do this with the USB cable and itunes on my computer. Unfortunately it will not work as it will not connect saying the device is locked and to enter the password.
This is not the computer that she previously connected to and she may not be able to get access to that computer. Is there a way for us to reset the password preferably without having to restore the ipod and lose everything she has on it?Place the iOS device in Recovery Mode and then connect to your computer and restore via iTunes. The iPod will be erased.
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For how to restore:
iTunes: Restoring iOS software
To restore from backup see:
iOS: How to back up
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How do I read and write to text files on a remote computer's hard drive
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My problem is that I want to connect to the remote computer programatically within LabVIEW (I do not want to have to use the computer's OS to establish the connection. Is there a function that I can use to do this?
Thomas D. Schaefer
Wells Manufacturing CorpYariv,
You should really start a new thread with a new question like this, so that more people see it. Some people look primarily at threads that have no responses yet. Also, don't post the exact same question in multiple places. Or, if you must cross-post to some other forum, make sure to mention it in your question text.
I'm happy to be a brick in your Western Wall, but I'm not sure what the main objective is here. Is the main problem really getting access to the "X bytes received in Y seconds at Z bytes/sec" string? Or is it accomplishing the file transfer? And what OS and LabVIEW version are you running?
I think your problem is that you the LabVIEW System Exec command does not allow for the degree of interactivity that you need if you want to issue a sequence of commands to a command-line executable. However, under Windows XP (and, presumably, other Windows versions, though I can't check), you can tell the FTP executable to use commands from a textfile script by using the -s switch, and you can override the prompts during multiple file transfers with the -i switch:
ftp -i -s:FILEPATH SERVERNAME
If you issue a command in this format to System Exec, and make sure to create a file at FILEPATH with your command sequence (one per line), then you should at least accomplish the FTP actions. This won't give you the transfer details in the standard output, unfortunately. However, if you just want a general sense of how much was transferred and how quickly it happened, you can code that in LabVIEW by getting the resulting file sizes and using Tick Count before and after the System Exec call to see how long the transfer took.
Hope that helps,
John
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