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Originally posted by Cryptie
*edited because I can't give advice without being rude*
Try checking the security settings on the file before blaming explorer for having a lock on it. More than likely you didn't have rights to be accessing that file and that is why you were unable to do so.
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C'mon! Even
I can give advice without being rude (although others might disagree with me. Ask
Redjake...).
If I understand you correctly,
explorer obviously doesn't implement access privileges by locking files. In fact, access privileges aren't even the responsibility of
explorer, it's controlled by the file system which is completely independent.
Also, if I didn't have access rights then how did the
del program delete the file?
Do you run Windows with administrator privileges? I'd be very surprised if you didn't. However, that's
my assumption so let me now say that access privileges wouldn't have prevented me from deleting the file.
Finally, one might imagine that
explorer would simply tell me that I didn't have access to it rather than saying that another program had it locked. Of course, this would require you to trust me to recognize a file lock when I see one but I like to think you assume people know what they're talking about unless they say otherwise. I mean, I did show some technical proficiency in my post, did I not?
Considering all this, I find your conjecture less than likely...