On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 7:57 PM, Tal Tamir <taltamirh at gmail.com> wrote:
> This is a very bizzare problem. I will just jump in and summerize what I > already figured out. > > I found that cetain files can (suddenly) not be copied. It used to work, it > stopped working a few weeks ago. This results in a windows error saying that > the file is in use. This sounds like this bug: KB949857 > It says windows has a handle leak, and it leaves the files in use. Their > "workaround" (it would be fixed in vista SP2) is to restart the SERVER in > holding the files. Saying that windows server will release those files when > it restarts. The problem is, that OpenSolaris does not do the same, > retarting does nothing. > They also offer a beta hotfix, I installed v2 (latest) and it still doesn't > work (I have a feeling that more files work now though). > > File types affected: > exe > rar > zip > > File types not affected: > txt > > Possible actions on such a file: > Rename > Delete > Open with winrar (and use winrar to recompress using the "covert function", > which creates a file that CAN be copied!) > > Actions that fail: > Installing (if it is an exe file, the windows install hangs due to being > unable to copy) > Copying it to another location on the server > copying it to a local windows folder. > > I have tried disabling my anti virus software, and it did not help. > > I am wondering what applet in windows is it that is creating that mess. And > any suggestions on how to regain access to those already "open" files. > > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > opensolaris-help mailing list > opensolaris-help at opensolaris.org > Have you tried running ProcessExplorer to see what files the Windows machine has open? http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx Not sure if it runs on Vista, but it is useful on other Windows versions. -- Brent Jones brent at servuhome.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/opensolaris-help/attachments/20080813/76e17e97/attachment.html>
