Copy in use/locked files on reboot

[ChrisL]

This little udf will make windows copy used or locked files after the PC is rebooted.

Copy the new files to a temporary location and call the function with the new file full path and the file to replace full path. You can call this multiple times to add more files to the restart copy list in the registry.

_CopyAfterRestart("c:\temp\myfile.exe","C:\Documents and Settings\ChrisLambert\Desktop\myFile.exe")

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; AutoIt Version: 3.2.*
; Author:        Chris Lambert
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; Script Function:
;   Template AutoIt script.
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;===============================================================================
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;~ Function: _CopyAfterRestart()
;~ Desctiption tells windows to copy files on reboot
;~ Version: N/A
;~ Author: ChrisL
;~ Parameter(s): 
;~ $new_file = The full path to the new file to use after reboot
;~ $to_replace = The full path to the old file to overwrite
;~ Example:
;~ _CopyAfterRestart("c:\temp\internet.exe","C:\Documents and Settings\ChrisLambert\Desktop\internet.exe")
;~ _CopyAfterRestart("c:\temp\myfile.exe","C:\Documents and Settings\ChrisLambert\Desktop\myFile.exe")
;~ @error 1 $new_file does not exist
;~ @error 2 $to_replace does not exist
;
;===============================================================================




Func _CopyAfterRestart($new_file,$to_replace)
    
    If NOT FileExists($new_file) then 
        SetError(1)
        Return 0
    EndIf
    
    If NOT FileExists($to_replace) then 
        SetError(2)
        Return 0
    EndIf
    
    $existing_entries = Regread ("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager","PendingFileRenameOperations") 
    If $existing_entries <> "" then $existing_entries = $existing_entries & @lf
    Regwrite ("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager","PendingFileRenameOperations","REG_MULTI_SZ",$existing_entries  & "\??\" & $new_file & @lf & "!\??\" & $to_replace)
Endfunc