Re: How to get XP to release a locked file
From: Alexander Grigoriev (alegr_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 08/07/04
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Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2004 14:07:08 -0700
If it's really an application you've closed, then the app may be still
undead. You'll need to find it in Task Manager and terminate the process.
Sometimes, when you select a file in Explorer, it's trying to analyse what's
in the file, and during that, the file is locked.
If you're just trying to delete an AVI file in Explorer, and it gives you an
error, highlight the file with mouse, wait a few seconds (the stupid
analyser should be done with it by then), and then press Shift+Del.
"Davis S Rorg" <jo@nomail.com> wrote in message
news:953E6FA58A8FE7AF39@127.0.0.1...
> From time to time I find XP thinks an application which I have
> closed is still using a particular file or folder.
>
> That means I can not delete or rename that file or folder.
>
> Usually I have to wait until the next reboot to delete or rename
> that file
>
> ---
>
> QUESTION: Are there some utilities or some procedures which
> will allow me to track back exactly which program XP thinks is
> still using that file?
>
> Then I would like to be able to force that application (or whatever
> it is) to release the file.
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