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Jacob Collstrup   03-03-2008 at 02:18:33 PM

Heya

I have problems with deleting a write protected file in Windows XP Home SP2.

I get an error message saying "The file is in use by another application or user" And when I right click the folder I can see that its write protected. I can't remove the protection and I don't know what program that supposedly uses this file. I've virus scanned the file. And there is no virus to find.

Jacob

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Jacob Collstrup   03-03-2008 at 06:23:08 PM
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Solved the problem...apparently the file was in use by a program. I had no idea that this program could use that particular file, but there you go...

Jacob

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