unable to delete folder: folder in use

[Guest]

I have a Windows Xp Pro machine on a network. My issue is as follows:

I open a file from a subfolder on a nework share, then close the file, and
then try to delete the entire subfolder. All the files in the subfolder will
be deleted, but then I get a message stating the folder itself cannot be
deleted because it is in use. The server doesn't show that I have the folder
open or in use.

One work around I have found to work is ending explorer.exe and starting
explorer.exe again. I am then able to delete the folder.

If I do not open a file in the folder first, then I have no prblems deleting
everything including the folder. But if I had opened a file at any point
then I run into the issue.

No other computers on this network have the same issue.

Any suggestions?

 

[Guest]

One thing to try is to wait 30 seconds after you close the folder because
sometimes xp likes to create a short cut in the recently used documents
folder to that file.

 

[Guest]

I have waited hours at a time, and still could not delete the folder without
first ending explorer.exe and restarting it.

Nick