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Problems with file copy jobs especially using UNC pathes

I've found some similar threads, although without answers.

http://communities.vmware.com/message/1383304 and http://communities.vmware.com/thread/217891

I've got some weird behaviour using batch copy jobs inside thinapp bubbles (using ThinApp 4.0.4. on Windows XP SP3).

Copying using a source and target path with a driveletter (and source or target or both inside the sandboxed part)

Using copy: Works as expected, files got copied

Using xcopy: xcopy crashes, sometimes even triggering the data execution prevention, but consistently crashes even with disabled DEP.

Using robocopy: Works as expected, files got copied

Copying using UNC pathes (and source or target or both inside the sandboxed part)

Using copy: Works as expected, files got copied

Using xcopy: xcopy crashes, sometimes even triggering the data execution prevention, but consistently crashes even with disabled DEP.

Using robocopy: Got an error, robocopy says error 123: Syntax for the path is wrong but same commandline in normal windows works

xcopy using source and target path with a driveletter and source and target outside the sandbox works.

Most weird symptom using xcopy is, that sometimes, when copying from outside into the bubble, xcopy is able to copy one or two files before it crashes but NOT inside the sandbox but creating the folder and files in the normal environment, even if the target folder is using WriteCopy isolation mode.

So, two problems:

weird xcopy and some problems with UNC pathes (I know of the problems calling executables directly via UNC, so it seems there is a fundamental UNC problem built in ThinApps).

At the moment, I use self written vbs copy jobs (since normal copy can't copy only newer files), but it would be nice to use the standard copy tools since some programs may call shell commands directly so that I don't have the chance to patch a batch file.

Is there any possibility or suggestion how to solve this?

As a workaround, does somebody knows a xcopy replacement which uses exactly the same syntax as the standard xcopy and works with ThinApp?

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