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Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?) I am trying to copy a large folder to a new external hard ntuser.dat backup location drive. I get the error message saying something like "cannot copy NTUSER. It is being used by another program. Close it first." Is there any way to temporarily disable this program so
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I can copy the entire folder and not have to select the subfolders only? If the program can be stopped, would it be safe to move the ntuser file that shows up in the folder and then restore it afterwards? Thanks, Gene More about : temporary disabling ntuser Anonymous 2 August 2005 11:31:00 Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?) Documents and Settings folder right? copy ntuser.dat to another computer You'll have to log on as another user. ntuser.dat is in use because *you* are logged on. -- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes MS-MVP Windows Shell/User In news:TgyHe.10181$DJ5.142@trnddc07, Aloha
error" NTUSER.DAT "copying error" 3 posts / 0 new Quick reply Last post Thu, 07/22/2010 - 11:43am #1 typerdude55 NTUSER.DAT "copying error" Received a "copying error" while attempting to backup my laptop's C:
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drive to a newly purchased external hard drive. The rest of message said
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"It is being used by another person or program. Close any programs using the file and try again." Have since ntuser.dat location windows 10 googled the error message and found NTUSER.DAT is an essential registry item/file not to be tampered with. How then can I successfully backup all my C: drive files? I need to send http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/87130-45-temporary-disabling-ntuser this laptop out for repair asap before any further problems occur on the PC and I lose my files which I am attempting to backup. Thanks so much. Mark typerdude55 in Colorado Top Quote reply Thu, 07/22/2010 - 2:20pm #2 hubby Re: NTUSER.DAT "copying error" NTUSER.DAT is the Windows system file that holds all of your profile registry settings, so when you are http://www.grownupgeek.com/ntuser-dat-copying-error logged-in and using the computer it cant copy (because it's open/in use). The easiest thing to do is instead of copying your entire "User" folder under Documents and Settings, only copy/backup your "My documents" and maybe "desktop" folders, and any other photos like "my photos" - this will get a backup of only your data-files/folders without that NTUSER.DAT file. OR You could log-on as a different user with Administrator rights, then copy your entire User-folder for your other account - but this is more complicated. There is a lot of discussion about NTUSER.DAT in this post: NTUSER.DAT File Top quote reply Thu, 11/15/2012 - 7:10am #3 Anonymous Visitor Re: NTUSER.DAT "copying error" I am logged in as local administrator, and ntuser.dat keeps killing the copy anyway. Top quote reply Add new comment Your name E-mail The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly. Subject Comment * More information about text formatsPlain textAllowed HTML tags:
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to E-drive and get Error "cannot copy NTUSER.DAT is in use. Copy then stops. What can I do about it? Using XP. -- Connie Guest, Dec 18, 2005 #1 Advertisements Vanguard Guest "Connie" <> wrote in message news:... > Trying to http://www.pcreview.co.uk/threads/during-copy-get-ntuser-dat-in-use-error.2296417/ copy my Documents Folder from C-drive to E-drive and get Error > "cannot copy NTUSER.DAT is in use. Copy then stops. What can I do about > it? > Using XP. That is the user portion of the registry. Since your registry for your account is inuse while you are logged in, you cannot copy that file. You need to logon under Account #1 to copy Account #2's profile into Account #3's profile. That is, you need an arbitration account to copy accounts atop each copy ntuser other and where the arbitration account is not of those you are copying. You don't copy any of the arbitration account's files. You copy the files for the account(s) under which you are NOT logged in. You could use, for example, the Administrator account to copy your account's profile (My Documents is a path under %userprofile%). -- __________________________________________________ Post replies to the newsgroup - Share with others. E-mail: Remove "NIX" and append "#LAH" to Subject. __________________________________________________ Vanguard, Dec 18, 2005 #2 Advertisements Wouter Willemse Guest copy ntuser.dat to There is very little use in trying to copy this file, placing it somewhere else will make the user account to which it belongs unusable. Windows needs this file (badly) to load the user profile. Best leave this file alone. If you want to copy documents etc., just copy only the "my documents" folder and leave all other stuff in documents and settings alone. Windows needs a lot of these files, and it expects it to be where they were. (it is possible to change the location for the entire document and setting stuff, but you'll spend tons of time editing your registry). "Vanguard" <> wrote in message news:... > "Connie" <> wrote in message > news:... >> Trying to copy my Documents Folder from C-drive to E-drive and get Error >> "cannot copy NTUSER.DAT is in use. Copy then stops. What can I do about >> it? >> Using XP. > > > That is the user portion of the registry. Since your registry for your > account is inuse while you are logged in, you cannot copy that file. You > need to logon under Account #1 to copy Account #2's profile into Account > #3's profile. That is, you need an arbitration account to copy accounts > atop each other and where the arbitration account is not of those you are > copying. You don't copy any of the arbitration account's files. You copy > the files for the account(s) under which you are NOT logged in. You could > use, for exam