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Awesome ! &nbsp;But why does your solution work and file copy does not work if file open.
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Awesome !  But why does your solution work and file copy does not work if file open.

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The FileCopy VBA statement is available as a simple method to copy a file. It uses a different method in the background from fso.CopyFile.
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The FileCopy VBA statement is available as a simple method to copy a file. It uses a different method in the background from fso.CopyFile.

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In Excel VBA I use the FileCopy statement to copy a file to another location. &nbsp;However, how do I accomplish FileCopy if someone has the file open ? &nbsp;My current FileCopy statement results in Permission Denied Error 70 if someone has the file open.<br />
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However, I noticed if the File is Open and I go to Windows explorer and I copy the file and then paste the file in any location I do not have any issue.<br />
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How can I accomplish FileCopy even if someone has the file open ?
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In Excel VBA I use the FileCopy statement to copy a file to another location.  However, how do I accomplish FileCopy if someone has the file open ?  My current FileCopy statement results in Permission Denied Error 70 if someone has the file open.

However, I noticed if the File is Open and I go to Windows explorer and I copy the file and then paste the file in any location I do not have any issue.

How can I accomplish FileCopy even if someone has the file open ?

Excel VBA FileCopy Permission Denied - Need a way to still copy the file

Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) enables building user-defined functions (UDFs), automating processes and accessing Windows API and other low-level functionality through dynamic-link libraries (DLLs). VBA is closely related to Visual Basic and uses the Visual Basic Runtime Library, but it can normally only run code within a host application rather than as a standalone program. It can, however, be used to control one application from another via OLE Automation. VBA is built into most Microsoft Office applications.

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