Batch file: Worked in Win7/32, doesn't work in Win10/64

Hello,

The following batch file is used by my daily backup application to copy several important files, zip them (with a password), and copy the zip file to a second computer and remote FTP.

It worked on my old 32-bit Win7 computer, but it doesn't on my new 64-bit Win10 computer.

It also displays this message several times: "Do you want to allow this app from an unknown publisher to make changes to your device?"

Starting the Volume Shadow Copy service makes no difference.

Is there another free, CLI alternative application that can copy locked files?

Thank you.

Backup.bat:
@echo off

SET basedir=c:\Temp\Backup\

Echo Clean up
cd %basedir%
c:
del *.zip *.pst *.aes

Echo VSS copy
%basedir%HoboCopy.exe c:\Documents\Outlook\ %basedir% MyFile.pst
%basedir%HoboCopy.exe c:\Documents\AES\ %basedir% blah.txt.aes aescrypt.exe

Echo ZIP passwd
%basedir%7za.exe -tzip -pmypasswd %basedir%Backup.zip %basedir%MyFile.pst %basedir%blah.txt.aes %basedir%aescrypt.exe

Echo Copy to local backup computer
del \\backup\Backup.zip
copy %basedir%Backup.zip \\backup

Echo Copy to FTP
%basedir%ncftpput.exe -u me -p mypasswd ftp.acme.com / %basedir%Backup.zip

msg * Backup done!


Run:
Clean up
VSS copy
HoboCopy (c) 2011 Wangdera Corporation. hobocopy@wangdera.com

Starting a full copy from c:\Documents\Outlook\ to c:\Temp\Backup\
There was a COM failure 0x80042302 - HoboCopy.cpp (181)
HoboCopy (c) 2011 Wangdera Corporation. hobocopy@wangdera.com

Starting a full copy from c:\Documents\AES\ to c:\Temp\Backup\
There was a COM failure 0x80042302 - HoboCopy.cpp (181)
HoboCopy (c) 2011 Wangdera Corporation. hobocopy@wangdera.com

ZIP passwd

7-Zip (a) 18.05 (x86) : Copyright (c) 1999-2018 Igor Pavlov : 2018-04-30

Scanning the drive:
1 file, 144384 bytes (141 KiB)

Creating archive: c:\Temp\Backup\Backup.zip

Add new data to archive: 1 file, 144384 bytes (141 KiB)

Files read from disk: 1
Archive size: 82722 bytes (81 KiB)
Everything is Ok
Copy to local backup computer
1 file(s) copied.
Copy to FTP
'msg' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

The thing to do is either run each line by hand from CMD line or put pause in the script at a few points to see what's failing it's the only way to debug

HoboCopy is a backup/copy tool. It is inspired by robocopy in both name and in functionality.

- is there any reason why you couldn't use Robocopy?

Hello @Winfried,

I have never heard of hobocopy or used it.

I just investigated this for you and found this on GitHub [ Source: > hobocopy ]:



It appears that there has been NO updates in 13 years.

With that in mind, have you looked into or considered XCopy, RoboCopy, TeraCopy, FreeFileSync, or even CMD Prompt or PowerShell?

Here are just a few links that you might find informative and useful . . .

 XCopy:

> XCopy - DocsMicrosoft
> XCopy - TechRepublic
> XCopy - SS64

 RoboCopy:

> RoboCopy - DocsMicrosoft
> RoboCopy - TechRepublic
> RoboCopy - SS64

NOTE:- To view RoboCopy Commands in a CMD Prompt, type robocopy /? and press Enter.

To output the Commands to a .txt file, type robocopy /? > %UserProfile%\Desktop\RoboCopy.txt. Obviously change the output Path to your own.

 TeraCopy:

> TeraCopy - CodeSector
> TeraCopy - Copying and Verifying Files - CodeSector

I have NOT personally used TeraCopy.

 FreeFileSync:

> FreeFileSync

 CMD Prompt:

> CMD Prompt - Copy - DocsMicrosoft
> CMD Prompt - How to Copy Files in CMD Prompt - WikiHow

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I hope this helps.

I saw one thing, that tells me that maybe you need to disable UAC! Have you done that yet?

It's one of the first things I do after a clean install of Windows. Here's a little registry script that does the job.
Or, you can just go into the registry and do it manually.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
"EnableLUA"=dword:00000000

Copy Locked or In Use Files: 7 Best Tools to Use
- Shadowspawn - later fork of Hobocopy.

Uninstalling and reinstalling Hobocopy might work if installing VC++ runtime doesn't succeed.

Recommend using System Restore points to protect yourself whilst experimenting.