Folders stay open and won't delete

G

Guest

Whenever I make any changes to a folder (including deleting files from within
in it), I cannot delete the folder itself until I restart Windows 2K. I
always get an error saying "Windows cannot delete {file name}: there has been
a sharing violation. The source or destination file may be in use." This
occurs even if I close all of the programs I have running (I have not tried
going through and shutting down all the services). So, somehow these
folders, or something in them, is sticking open. Any ideas how I can fix
this? It has been going on for months and months. Thanks.
 
G

Guest

Restart the computer to safe mode and try to delete it. If this is ok, then
it is highly likely that an underlying service holds it.

br,
Denis
 

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