Permission Denied, Error 70 When You Use FileCopy Statement (147394)

WORKAROUND

You can avoid this problem by using the SaveCopyAs method. If you use the SaveCopyAs method, you can save a copy of the source workbook to a file without modifying the open workbook in memory.

Visual Basic Code Sample

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   Sub copyfile()

      Application.ScreenUpdating=False
      'Define source file name, not including path.
      SourceFile="source.xls"
      'Define target file name. Include path if needed.
      DestinationFile="c:\destin.xls"
      'Copy source to target.
      Workbooks(SourceFile).SaveCopyAs DestinationFile

   End Sub