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Perez
Iron Contributor
Feb 05, 2025

Robocopy Don't save

I ask those who use this Microsoft utility, if there is a way to not delete a previously saved file, if currently in use.

In practice I have been using this utility for many years, but among all its parameters, I have never found the one that suits me.

In practice, if I opened the Outlook program, the pst file is blocked, too bad that using /MIR the previously saved file is deleted and replaced with .tmp that are unusable.

Does anyone have the solution?

  • If you need to back up while Outlook is running, consider using a backup solution that employs Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS). However, this might require additional software that supports VSS usage.

  • Swawn's avatar
    Swawn
    Iron Contributor

    About those temporary files (tmp files): when /MIR is used, Robocopy will create a temporary file with the same name but with a .tmp suffix. To avoid this, you can simply rename the file before running the /MIR command. However, this might not be the best solution if you need to preserve the original file name.

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