-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. I outsmarted Windows with HoboCopy, an obscure 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.
--Steve Bass G
Go to the download page now:
HoboCopy (64-bit)
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,71884-order,1-page,1/description.html?tk=nl_ddxdwn
32 bit version for XP, here:
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_download/fid,71434-order,4-page,1-c,utilities/download.html
