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BUG: You receive an "Error copying sample files" error message when you copy sample files to a drive

Article ID: 168926

Article Last Modified on 6/6/2005

Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 Enterprise Edition
Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 Enterprise Edition
Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 Professional Edition
Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 Professional Edition
Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q168926

SYMPTOMS

The following error may be reported when you copy sample files to a hard drive with low space available:

Error copying sample files.

CAUSE

There is not enough disk space to complete copying all of the sample files.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Create a low space situation on a hard drive. (Making a huge pagefile.sys is easy).
Open a topic with samples, and select the Click to open or copy samples.... link.
When the Sample Application opens, click Copy All.
Choose a location on the low-space drive to copy the samples to and click OK.

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