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Old 07-23-2008, 10:23 AM
Hank Arnold (MVP)
 
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Re: File locked by something....

Woody Kee. wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I can't delete or rename files on shared folder that I have been opened.
>
> it always say Cannot delete or rename this file : It is being used by
> another person or program close any program that might be using the file and
> try again.
>
> I quite sure nobody opened this file and I rebooted the client machine.
>
> I have to reboot my server to solve this problem but it's too bad if I have
> to do it every time this problem happened.
>
> Does anyone know ? What is this reason? and how to fix this?
>
>
> Thank you,
>
> Woody Kee.


First thing is to log on as admin and try to take ownership. If that
works, make sure that the security settings are correct.

If that still won't work, boot into Safe Mode and try again.

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Regards,
Hank Arnold
Microsoft MVP
Windows Server - Directory Services
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