Microsoft KB Archive/168926

= 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

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APPLIES TO


 * 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

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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.



Steps to Reproduce Behavior

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

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