I thought this might be the case so I executed all the steps in sequence without opening or closing an application in between. For the behaviour you describe, an application would have to have taken possession of the folder on it's own. I can't imagine what application would do this.
>You have explorer window pointing to this (first) folder you want to delete. Or the default folder of an opened application is set to this folder.
>Try closing all apps before trying to delete the folder.
>
>HTH
>
>>I have this silly problem for any user including administrator on Win2k Version 5.002195 (Service pack 3)
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>>The problem can be recreated this way:
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>>Create a new folder on the desktop
>>Create another new folder on the desktop
>>Open the first new folder
>>Create a new text document in this folder
>>Move this new test document from the first new folder to the second new folder
>>Go back to the desktop and attempt to delete the first new folder
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>>When I reach this step, I get the message:
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>>---------------------------------------
>>Cannot delete
: There has been a sharing violation.
>>The source or destination file may be in use.
>>---------------------------------------
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>>I have an OK button.
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>>I have to log off or reboot to delete the folder.
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>>This behaviour started probably about 2 weeks ago but I am not sure. Since I am working alot with zip files and temporary files, it is extremely annoying.
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>>I have tried this as a user with administrator rights, as the administrator and have even created a new user with administrator rights. All the same.
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>>Any idea why?
>>
>>Thanks in advance.
