deleting locked files >:-(

[crampp]

HELP!!!!
I have Files on my desktop that I use for documents to be stored before I transfer them to the computer that they are to be used on. Is there a way of deleting locked files once I have copied the data to another computer without logging off?

Regards

Paul

 

[ISmonkey]

In what way are they locked?

 

[cramp]

I am able to delete the documents within a file but not the file folder itself. I get the error message: Cannot remove folder "folder name": There has been a sharing violation. The source or destination file may be in use.

The folder has only been accessed by me, dropping files into it, Checking the file then deleting it.

 

[Guest_imported]

Yes I have the same problem with my windows 2000 machines at work.

if files are deleted within a folder, the deletion of folder itself then gives the sharing violation error.

I have traced the lock with ms tools to explorer.exe itself.
why would it be creating a sharing violation of itself?

I have found that if I end task explorer.exe and rerun explorer.exe I can then delete the folder... until I want to delete another folder that has had files removed from it by me. (deleting a whole folder on its own is fine)