Re: Delete Files while in Use

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Are you really sure it's in use?

Anyway, renaming the old file to delete it later will sometimes allow you to
"replace" an existing file. On the other hand, those who have already loaded
the old file won't see the update and some systems may get confused by the
in-place update.

Carl

"Richard" <abbeyroad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:e5EpXqdoFHA.708@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hello,
>
> I have a windows server that several client machines are running an
> executable from. In some places I have seen it where you can delete the
> executable while it is being used and put a new one in place. But on
> other servers if you try to delete the file it won't allow you to. I was
> wondering if anyone knew why this would work on some servers and not on
> others?
>


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