I watched a neat Flash streaming video on a Web site and wanted to
keep it to view offline. I found the file sitting in the temp
folder and tried copying it to another folder. No luck–the error
message “File in use” was all I saw. None of my copying tricks
worked, and when I closed the browser tab that was playing the
video, the file was automatically deleted. Well, Bill, I outsmarted
Windows with HoboCopy, an obscure, slick utility that uses Volume
Shadow Service to copy files (and folders) that are in use. It’s a
Command-line tool and once you get the hang of it, easy to use. For
help, read the How-To
Geek’s tutorial.
Note: This download works on 64-bit systems. If you are using Windows 2000 and 32-bit Vista, please use the version for 32 bit version for those OSs. If you are using Windows XP, please use the XP version instead.
–Steve Bass