Thanks - I was wondering if xcopy would work.

I still can't believe MS programmed Explorer to work this way, to just
cancel the operation instead of giving the option to skip...

John

"GTS" <x> wrote in message news:uXigk1y0FHA.1108@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> It's a matter of inept programming. I suggest using xcopy instead.
Here's
> a batch file I use when I want to ensure that anything and everything
> possible is copied. Run xcopy /? in a command prompt to see meaning of
the
> switches. The /c switch is particularly significant - Continues copying
> even if errors occur.
>
> :: xc-all.cmd 09/02/02 Mon 6:39 PM
> :: these switches ensure hidden, rdonly, empty dirs, etc all copy.
>
> xcopy /d /s /e /h /r /c /k /y %1 %2
> --
>
> "John Schmidt" <johnaec-nospam-@pacbell.net> wrote in message
> news:O3SMstx0FHA.2072@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> > This has driven me crazy ever since the beginning of Windows Explorer.
> >
> > Why the heck do copy operations force you to cancel when finding even
one
> > "access denied" file??? How can you get Windows to skip that one and
> > continue copying the rest???
> >
> > I need to move about 50 gigs of files to a new drive, and every now and
> > then
> > it comes across one of these, forcing me to track it down, then start
the
> > operation all over again, since you have no idea where the copy
operation
> > left off. This is ridiculous!!!! There were only 16 minutes to go out of
> > over 4 hours, and this is the 3rd time I've had to start over!! (I
thought
> > I'd fixed all the files, but a new one just popped up.)
> >
> > How can I keep these few files from aborting file copy operations??? I
> > can't
> > believe that Explorer thinks because you find even one file like this,
it
> > cancels the whole operation. There must be a way around this.
> >
> > Thanks for any suggestions.
> >
> > John
> >
> >
>
>