Last file in copy always locked

[Darryl]

I've got regular nonsystem files that I download to a Linux box, then
copy over to a Win2k box through a mapped Samba drive.

When I copy a group of files from the Linux samba drive to my C:
drive, the LAST file to copy always reports a sharing violation.

When I then copy a different group from C: to D: (both local, C=ntfs,
D=fat32), the last file always reports a sharing violation.

I've found I can actually work around it by selecting files I don't
need to copy to decrease the odds that the last file will be a needed
file.

Are there permissions from the Samba drive that are confusing Win2K,
enough so that it persists with the copy from C: to D:, or is there
something else operating here?

 

[Darryl]

I've got regular nonsystem files that I download to a Linux box, then
copy over to a Win2k box through a mapped Samba drive.

When I copy a group of files from the Linux samba drive to my C:
drive, the LAST file to copy always reports a sharing violation.

When I then copy a different group from C: to D: (both local, C=ntfs,
D=fat32), the last file always reports a sharing violation.

I've found I can actually work around it by selecting files I don't
need to copy to decrease the odds that the last file will be a needed
file.

I found the fix myself. All folders were set up (by default from the
install) to "preview" files with an icon/applet on the left side of
the screen. Since the last file checked in a select would be the file
that was previewed, it had a lock on it.

Turning off this "feature" fixed the problem. Yet another one of
Microsoft's default settings that makes you wonder if they use their
own products.