# MoveFileEx can return ACCESS_DENIED · gitcafe/zig

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Author: Andrew Kelley

Committer: Andrew Kelley

## Message

```
MoveFileEx can return ACCESS_DENIED

I observed this on Windows 10, trying to use MoveFileEx with
MOVEFILE_REPLACE_EXISTING | MOVEFILE_WRITE_THROUGH
to overwrite a running executable.

```

## Parents

- [ae3fd86dcc6f39601aa26ce1a6dc51a0db5cbf30](https://git.cafe/gitcafe/zig/commit/ae3fd86dcc6f39601aa26ce1a6dc51a0db5cbf30?format=markdown)

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