From: Tim Ferrell <Tim.Ferrell@...>
Date: 2005-02-05T04:58:24+09:00
Subject: Re: Newbie: How to delete a Rails app (Windows)


Explorer in Windows XP has a definite problem releasing file handles... 
Rebooting does clear this up, but I tend to use ProcExplorer to search 
and close them so I don't have to...

Cheers,
Tim

eg wrote:
> Douglas Livingstone wrote:
> 
>>
>>
>> It happens when the flder apperas empty too.
>>
>> Thry this:
>> 1. Create a new folder on the desktop
>> 2. Right click, then "new-> bitmap image"
>> 3. Right click on the image, select edit
>> 4. Put something into the image, save it. Close you image editing program
>> 5. Turn on thumbnail view
>> 6. Try and delete the folder by draging it to the recycle bin, keeping
>> the view of the folder open (won't work)
>>
>> Think that it is the image still in use?
>>
>> 7. Delete the image from the folder (will work)
>> 9. Close the view of the folder
>> 8. Folder is now "empty" but you still can't delete it.
>>
> 
> 
> This has been my experience with Windows 2000 and Windows XP as well.
> 
> Microsoft has a technote which purports to describe all cases of why you 
> cannot delete a file or folder in the following technote:
> 
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;320081
> 
> I have never been convinced that this covers everything.
> 
> If you really want to see if some process has handles open before your 
> delete, go to http://www.sysinternals.com and download their process 
> explorer app and/or their Handles program.
> 
> I have always thought that there was some deep level of caching 
> happening, or perhaps a side effect of various file level driver hooks 
> (e.g. Anti Virus programs etc...).
> 
> In any case, I concur that if you run into this and it is not because 
> you have a program or service which has a handle open on the file, that 
> a simple log off and log on will clear it up.
> 
> Sigh.
> 
> 
> 
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