Sharing violation issue (W2K)

[krush123]

I downloaded 2 files, on jpeg and one PNG, I can't delete them, each time I try to delete these file I have differents messages as follows:

1-Can't delete file, there has been a sharing violation, the source or destination fille may be in use.
The file is a .PNG
Even I restart my computer I still get the same message.

2-Every time I try to delete this JPEG file, it generates an error and I have the following message:
Explorer.exe has generated errors and will be closed by windows. You will need to restart the program.

Could you please what's the problem and how I can delete these files.

[Nana]

Krush123,

Have a look at this article:
<a target="_blank" href=http://gethelp.devx.com/techtips/nt_pro/10_minute_solutions/10min0600.asp>When There Has Been a Sharing Violation</a>

Also, have a look here:
<a target="_blank" href=http://www.google.com/search?q=sharing+violation>Google - Sharing Violation</a>.

I hope they help.
Nana /images/forums/icons/smile.gif

[kastetx]

try this: stopping all unneccessaryprocesses from task manager. If not, reload windows 2000 in safe mode. If not, and you have FAT32, boot from boot disk, and erase the suckers. If you have NTFS, use NTFSDOS

[rexregum]

This is a bug in w2k due to the web - preview function in folder option. Open My Computer go to the Tools menu, select Folder Option, on the General tab select "Use Windows classic folder" instead of "Enable Web content in folders". This is a bug that is quiet random, but appears to be less frequent if you have installed SP3 + all patches and IE 6.0.

[krush123]

Thanks for your suggestion. I did that , but I still can't delete that file. Any other suggestions?

[rexregum]

I have been able to come around this problem by doing a reboot, and opening a command prompt a deleting the file from there. Hope this helps:-)

[rexregum]

I just found this command for removing files and folder that won't be removed from GUI the ordinary way! To remove a folder, open a command prompt: rd "foldername" /s /q
To remove a file: del "filename" /s /q

I didn't remember these commands when I posted my previuos post, but I did some checking later. This should get the job done.:-)