Cannot copy file: Cannot read from the source file or disk

[Clueless in Seattle]

I'm trying to copy a large number of files from a folder on one
computer to a folder on a second computer I have connected to the
first one in a peer-to-peer network.

Here's how I tried to do it:

In the source folder I clicked Edit>Select All>Copy to Folder... and
then selected the folder on the destination machine.

But when I clicked "OK" I got this error message:

Error Copying File or Folder
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(X) Cannot copy file: Cannot read from the source file or disk.

So I tried copying just a single file between the same folders, and
that worked just fine.

So, I suspect that I may have one or more problem files in the source
folder. But the error message doesn't tell me which file (or files)
is the problem.

I certainly don't want to have to manually copy each one of the
hundreds of files manually one at a time.

How may I determine the origin of this error?

Will in Seattle
a.k.a. "Clueless"

(Once know as (e-mail address removed), but I messed up and lost
that i.d. and am not sure how to get it back)

 

[Dave Patrick]

This article may help.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/814594

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