I am attempting to create a way to make automated back-ups of my UniServer3_2. I would like to have the computer automatically back-up at 2:00 AM Friday mornings. I am trying to do this with RichCopy. I am currently running the following commands: mysqlstop.bat stop.bat richcopy.exe "C:\UniServer3_2" "D:\Backup" /ALWS The problem is that even though I have shut the server down RichCopy cannot copy all the files because they are still in use. When I look in Task Manager I see that mysqld-opt is still running and I think that this is keeping some of the files in the diskw directory open. Is there a command I need to run to stop this program after shutting down the server or is there a better way? I just want to simply copy the entire UniServer3_2 directory to another drive when the server is not in use. Thank you for any help you can provide!