I have 2 old databases that I haven't used for a while
which are published on my site (W2k sp4, iis, etc)

When I try to delete them, I get a message saying they
may be in use. There are no references to these
databases in the HTML, etc. I'm using ColdFusion for the
database access, and made sure that the databases aren't
in the ColdFusion ODBC connection.

Why can't I delete these files?

Thanks,
Steve

ColdFusion has a bad habit of locking the databases even when you are not using it, but it is
installed on the same server.

If you have Admin access, shutdown IIS, and the stop the CF Service, then you should be able to
delete the mdb and the associated .ldb file

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"Steve Grosz" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I have 2 old databases that I haven't used for a while
> which are published on my site (W2k sp4, iis, etc)
>
> When I try to delete them, I get a message saying they
> may be in use. There are no references to these
> databases in the HTML, etc. I'm using ColdFusion for the
> database access, and made sure that the databases aren't
> in the ColdFusion ODBC connection.
>
> Why can't I delete these files?
>
> Thanks,
> Steve