Posted March 17, 201410 yr Recently I was trying to capture a job by pausing a print queue, printing a job and copying the files out of the spool (under C:\WINDOWS\system32\spool\PRINTERS) before unpausing the queue. However, when I try to copy the files I get the error message "cannot copy filename: it is being used by another person or program". I tried this several times with the same result. Obviously the only way to get the file unstuck is t unpause the print queue and they will be promptly deteleted shortly after. Is there a way I can grab these files? Assume changing the port to "File" to do a print to file is off the table. I ran this under administrator user permissions. Continue reading...
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