I am doing a lot of clearing out of duplicate files, and I am constantly
getting the message that access is denied because the folder is in use by
another application. I have to reboot to delete, rename or move.

And I mean constantly. After freshly rebooting all I have to do is open a
folder to view it contents in order for that folder to be declared to be in
use by some application.

There is also a lot of other mysterious activity. E.g. if I create a New
Folder it sometimes will not appear where it should. If I reboot and go
back, the New Folder will be there. Alternatively it might appear in the
explorer window OK, but if I try and rename it I will be told it can't be
accessed. That mysterious other application again. Another reboot.

A folder has just disappeared before my eyes. I opened to view the
contents, which were all there, and I tried to paste a file into it. At that
point I got a message to the effect that the folder I was pasting into could
not be located, and that it might have been moved. The next time I went back
the folder had disappeared, and it hasn't reappeared anywhere else.

Try in Safe Mode.


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~brothersamati wrote:
> I am doing a lot of clearing out of duplicate files, and I am
> constantly getting the message that access is denied because the
> folder is in use by another application. I have to reboot to delete,
> rename or move.
>
> And I mean constantly. After freshly rebooting all I have to do is
> open a folder to view it contents in order for that folder to be
> declared to be in use by some application.
>
> There is also a lot of other mysterious activity. E.g. if I create a
> New Folder it sometimes will not appear where it should. If I reboot
> and go back, the New Folder will be there. Alternatively it might
> appear in the explorer window OK, but if I try and rename it I will
> be told it can't be accessed. That mysterious other application
> again. Another reboot.
>
> A folder has just disappeared before my eyes. I opened to view the
> contents, which were all there, and I tried to paste a file into it.
> At that point I got a message to the effect that the folder I was
> pasting into could not be located, and that it might have been moved.
> The next time I went back the folder had disappeared, and it hasn't
> reappeared anywhere else.

I know that files that cannot normally be deleted often can be in safe mode.
It's not that I can't delete, rename or move. I can do so, even without
going into safe mode. It's just that I have to reboot every time.

What concerns me is why it's happening. I can't find a virus, but what else
would be accessing everything I do? I tried System Restore, but all but the
latest (and very recent) restore points failed to work. I then found that
the space allocated for SR was 1%. I had set it at 6%. Something untoward
is going on.

"Gerry" wrote:

> Try in Safe Mode.
>
>
> --
>
>
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Gerry
> ~~~~
> FCA
> Stourport, England
> Enquire, plan and execute
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~brothersamati wrote:
> > I am doing a lot of clearing out of duplicate files, and I am
> > constantly getting the message that access is denied because the
> > folder is in use by another application. I have to reboot to delete,
> > rename or move.
> >
> > And I mean constantly. After freshly rebooting all I have to do is
> > open a folder to view it contents in order for that folder to be
> > declared to be in use by some application.
> >
> > There is also a lot of other mysterious activity. E.g. if I create a
> > New Folder it sometimes will not appear where it should. If I reboot
> > and go back, the New Folder will be there. Alternatively it might
> > appear in the explorer window OK, but if I try and rename it I will
> > be told it can't be accessed. That mysterious other application
> > again. Another reboot.
> >
> > A folder has just disappeared before my eyes. I opened to view the
> > contents, which were all there, and I tried to paste a file into it.
> > At that point I got a message to the effect that the folder I was
> > pasting into could not be located, and that it might have been moved.
> > The next time I went back the folder had disappeared, and it hasn't
> > reappeared anywhere else.
>
>
>

What are your anti-virus and anti-spyware arrangements?

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

brothersamati wrote:
> I know that files that cannot normally be deleted often can be in
> safe mode. It's not that I can't delete, rename or move. I can do
> so, even without going into safe mode. It's just that I have to
> reboot every time.
>
> What concerns me is why it's happening. I can't find a virus, but
> what else would be accessing everything I do? I tried System
> Restore, but all but the latest (and very recent) restore points
> failed to work. I then found that the space allocated for SR was 1%.
> I had set it at 6%. Something untoward is going on.
>
> "Gerry" wrote:
>
>> Try in Safe Mode.
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> Gerry
>> ~~~~
>> FCA
>> Stourport, England
>> Enquire, plan and execute
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~brothersamati wrote:
>>> I am doing a lot of clearing out of duplicate files, and I am
>>> constantly getting the message that access is denied because the
>>> folder is in use by another application. I have to reboot to
>>> delete, rename or move.
>>>
>>> And I mean constantly. After freshly rebooting all I have to do is
>>> open a folder to view it contents in order for that folder to be
>>> declared to be in use by some application.
>>>
>>> There is also a lot of other mysterious activity. E.g. if I create
>>> a New Folder it sometimes will not appear where it should. If I
>>> reboot and go back, the New Folder will be there. Alternatively it
>>> might appear in the explorer window OK, but if I try and rename it
>>> I will be told it can't be accessed. That mysterious other
>>> application again. Another reboot.
>>>
>>> A folder has just disappeared before my eyes. I opened to view the
>>> contents, which were all there, and I tried to paste a file into it.
>>> At that point I got a message to the effect that the folder I was
>>> pasting into could not be located, and that it might have been
>>> moved. The next time I went back the folder had disappeared, and it
>>> hasn't reappeared anywhere else.