Windows has encountered a problem, try to copy a file... why?

Windows has encountered a problem, try to copy a file... why?  MikeW

There are many possible reasons.  What you have tried to do over time?  Is there additional information printed with this message?  A few possible reasons come to mind:

  • The file was opened exclusively by the operating system or another program
  • The full path to the file from the C:\... contain more than 256 characters
  • Permissions problem: you have read permissions for the file or permission in writing to the destination
  • The file entry or damaged directory disk sector. (Run the command chkdsk with the /R option to this address)
  • The file is larger than 4 GB and you try to copy it to a disk formatted with a FAT file system.

I'm sure that there are more reasons, but need more information.

HTH,
JW

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