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Author Topic: Read locked file  (Read 2499 times)

scancode

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Read locked file
« on: June 26, 2010, 06:07 PM »
Hey codies, I need your help.

I need to copy a file that's constantly "locked" by the application that's using it, WHILE it's using it. I tried patching the app to pass ShareMode = FILE_SHARE_READ|FILE_SHARE_WRITE on every call to CreateFile, but it doesn't work.

Any ideas that do NOT involve VSS?

Help would be greatly appreciated.


Update: the patch worked, *I* wasn't closing the fucking file when I had to. I deserve to be shot.
« Last Edit: June 26, 2010, 06:17 PM by scancode »