Re: Files is in use and cannot be replace

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From: William Smith (mecklists_at_REMOVETHIS.mn.rr.com)
Date: 12/16/04

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    Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 00:01:36 -0600
    
    

    In article <E9F54B17-0A60-4E83-BA18-64195BA4186A@microsoft.com>,
     "Derrick" <Derrick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

    > Hi, I'm experiencing a weird problem with Windows 2000 SP4 running Services
    > for Macintosh. Some of my user when they drag a folder into a Macintosh share
    > to replace the existing folder, ther would receive a message telling them
    > either a file or a subfolder is in use. The weird this is nothing is in use,
    > I even login to to anther Mac using Administrator account and try to replace
    > this folder and I'm getting the same error message. It happen to some of the
    > folders for some users but not all. Also, when I try to have this user
    > replace this folder using a PC, there is no problem.
    > The folder security setting is correct and I did reset security settings for
    > all item in this folder but that did not help. Any idea? Thank you!

    This may indicative of some Mac users connecting via AFP and other via
    SMB from Mac OS X. The files in use may be the hidden "._DS_Store"
    files. Search Versiontracker <http://www.versiontracker.com> for the
    DS_Store Cleaner and see if this works for you.

    Hope this helps! bill

    -- 
    William M. Smith
    (Microsoft Interop MVP)
    

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