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Wednesday, May 8, 2002

Releasing Busy Windows Files
At last a little Win32 sysadmin related contents in s l a m.
The file sharing mechanism in Windows NT and Windows 2000 sometimes doesn't close shared open files properly. When this happens, anyone trying to access the file gets a "file busy" error message.
This recently happened for my instant outline on UserLand's new Windows based static server:
Upstream 1 file: The server reported an error: The file "L:\static\xmlStorageSystem\users\0104487\instantOutliner\marcBarrot.opml" is busy.
To release the file in Windows 2000, use the Computer Management console, connect to the server that is publishing the file, expand System Tools and Shared Folders in the console tree, then select Open files. The faulty file should be listed in the right pane. You can close it by right-clicking on it and selecting the Close Open File option, then confirming with Ok.
To release the file in Windows NT4, use the Server Manager, connect to the server that is publishing the file, click the 'In Use' button, then select the faulty file in the list, and click the 'Close Resource' button.
This problem occurs so often that I usually try to keep away from SMB file sharing, but sometimes, there are no other solutions.

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