How can I invoke the post-build script without a build!

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Hi there, does anyone know how I can have the post build action execute without doing a build?
There are loads of xcopy commands and it would be nice to use them on their own... but you cannot put them into a separate cmd file because of all the VS macros.

thanks Kris

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