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Err Msg in XCOPY "Access Denied"

Article ID: 149199

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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This article was previously published under Q149199

SYMPTOMS

When you use XCOPY with the update option (U) to copy files that already exist in the destination directory, the following error may occur. If any of the destinations files are marked read-only, an "access denied" error will appear.

RESOLUTION

Use the read-only option (R) to allow XCOPY to overwrite the read-only files.

Additional query words: 3.10 XCOPY

Keywords: KB149199


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