Can I access the Volume Shadow Copy of a file directly so I can include is part of small nightly bac

Dear Group,

Can I access the Volume Shadow Copy of Quickbooks data file directly so I

can include the file as part of the small nightly backup job based on

another pc? I want to tell Acronis TrueImage the filename and location of

the available Quickbooks datafile on the Vista PC so that I can make a

backup schedule for this file in Acronis TI.

I can't currently grab that file unless all the users exit the application

and we set it to run in single-user mode. If I try to access the Quicken

data file the pc says "this file is currently locked or in use by another

program" type of message. Hence the need for me to able to access the older

versions of the file.

Details: small business with 5-6 pc's.

PC1 - Vista Business with the Quckbooks account package.

PC2 - XP Home with the calendar booking system and Acronis True Image Home.

As of today PC2 XP Home has Acronis True Image making daily/weekly/monthly

backups of the PC2 based Calendar Booking system. This is working well.

We are trying to make a backup of the Quickbooks accounts package data file

on PC1-Vista Business, but Acronis cannot grab this due to "this file is

currently locked by another program" type of message. I've even tried to

copy it manually on the PC1 Vista Business pc and it gives the same error

message.

Can I use Volume Shadow Copy facility to access yesterday's version of this

file, and can I get this to run automatically using batch file/task

scheduler or Acronis TrueImage?

Vista Business Backup - I have set this to run each night and it does make a

backup, but it renames the backup with the date-time so that this changes

every time. Otherwise I might have used this backup file even though it's

large than I want. The new name is a pain as it means I don't know how to

write a basic batch file, can someone tell me how to read the file name that

is most recent, and then use that filename for the batch copy/xcopy/robocopy

command?

Is there a simple shortcut for learning the basics of Visual Basic so I can

be more productive with writing simple code to do this? I'm sure VB could

read the most recent file name, populate a string and then use that string

for the copy command.

Summary:

I want to tell Acronis TrueImage the filename and location of the available

Quickbooks datafile on the Vista PC so that I can make a backup schedule for

this file in Acronis TI.

Thanks.

derek.