Re: Problem renaming a file
From: george (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/18/04
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Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 14:25:09 +0200
Finding out which file it is may be possible using Filemon from
www.sysinternals.com. (Freeware)
You mailaddress is only partly fake, right?
george
"Chad Harris" <ddram32_nospam@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> George. Thanks. This is interesting. I wonder now how to find that file
> and I will use it. I just have to find it. Maybe the reason is as you
> say. I wonder if there are additional explanations. This is interesting.
> Do you know where to find good old Winfile.exe from NT?
>
> I guess I'll have to search it down. Appreciate the info.
>
> Chad Harris
> ___________________________
>
>
> "george" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I'm not sure if this is entirely accurate, but I remember from way back
> that
> Explorer in XP behaves somewhat akward at times in that it 'locks' folders
> that you are 'looking' at. The end result being that some actions won't
> get
> executed because the systems considers these folders/files 'in use by some
> other program' (Explorer in this case).
> You don't have to actually have 'opened' anything, the simple fact
> Explorer
> is open and the folder/file is selected seems to be enough.
> Good old Winfile didn't do that.
> Now possibly the good news is, that if you still happen to have a copy of
> Winfile from NT4 times available, you can run it in XP and won't have the
> 'locked' problem.
> The magic of the 'reboot' here is plain and simple, Explorer has
> 'forgotten'
> everything it did before and is basically starting with a clean slate.
>
> hth
> george
>
> "Chad Harris" <ddram32_nospam@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:uNOzNL6sEHA.2800@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> Win XPP SP2. Every once in a while, I will make a new folder on the
>> desktop or somewhere else, but usually on the desktop. This is always
>> preceeded by dragging some shortcuts into the folder as far as I can
>> tell. When I try to rename the folder by right clicking and selecting
>> rename from the rt. click context menu, I can type the name, in and then
>> I get a box that says "Cannot rename the folder. It is being used by
>> another program. Close all programs and try again." If I have the
>> shortcuts open in IE and close them, it doesn't matter. The only cure
>> for this seems to be "rebooting." Since closing those shortcuts in the
>> folder I want to rename has no impact, and no other programs are related
>> that I can tell, what could be going on. Why should a program running
>> here matter anyway. I thought about anything I could change with regard
>> to ownership of the folder or file attributes to impact this, but there
>> seems to be nothing.
>>
>> What's the magic of a reboot here and is there a way to fix this when it
>> happens once in a while?
>>
>> Also I've noticed that if you have a Window or windows positioned near a
>> folder, it won't let you rename the folder but if you move them clearly
>> to one side of the desktop it will. Does anyone understand what's
>> happening there?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Chad Harris
>>
>
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