Annoying programming question

[SixthSense]

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Thx... I did a

CopyFile(fileName, "tmp", 0);

and that seemed to work.

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Strange, why don't the sharing restrictions apply to Windows itself?

[hypermegachi]

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Thx... I did a

CopyFile(fileName, "tmp", 0);

and that seemed to work.

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Strange, why don't the sharing restrictions apply to Windows itself?

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since when did microsoft follow specifications?

[freecard4all]

from my experience
"copy something.smh"
works every time because it doesn't need an access to the file.
It just copies bytes = it doesn't interfere with the file itself.
So as long as the user has "read" right he can copy it.