>>Sorry, typo in my message. It should read CLEAR ALL. Does not work. Also for Your information: No transactions or buffering is been used.
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>Well, what else...are you sure all programs/apps, etc. have closed properly, that there isn't something bound still in memory? Do you have any indexes that still might still be open?

The App is running. We need to delete the local database becourse of an update routine. All tables are closed, no indexes open, database closed with CLOSE DATABASES ALL. deleting the database with delete database does not work, delete in the explorer also not.

KR, Wim.