Deleting of locked folder bug

prokofyev · Post by *prokofyev » 2010-03-24, 13:23 UTC

Hello!

I found a small bug in TC 7.50a today. Steps to reproduce:

1. Create two sibling folders 1 and 2.
2. Start cmd.exe and change working dir to folder 1.
3. Select both folders in TC and try to remove them.
4. "The directory 1 could not be deleted" dialog appears.
5. In cmd.exe's window run "cd .." command to unlock folder 1.
6. Press "Retry" button.
7. TC removes folder 1 and leaves folder 2.

But it's expected both folders 1 and 2 should be removed on step 7.

Post by *ghisler(Author) » 2010-03-24, 21:31 UTC

This isn't a bug, it's a windows "feature": Windows doesn't allow to remove a directory if it is the current directory in just ONE running program.

MVV · Post by *MVV » 2010-03-25, 04:50 UTC

ghisler(Author) wrote:This isn't a bug, it's a windows "feature": Windows doesn't allow to remove a directory if it is the current directory in just ONE running program.

No, he wants to say that TC doesn't delete unlocked folder "2" after retrying deletion of "1". Folder "2" is not locked at all but TC skips it.

prokofyev · Post by *prokofyev » 2010-03-25, 05:42 UTC

I unlock folder 1 on step 5, so TC deletes it on second try, but by unknown reason it cancels deletion of folder 2 which never was locked.

MVV · Post by *MVV » 2010-03-25, 06:05 UTC

BTW, TC cancels deletion of all folders after locked even if user unlocks it and retries operation. If you create 1, 2, 3 folders and start CMD from first, TC will leave 2 and 3 after deleting 1.

Post by *ghisler(Author) » 2010-12-08, 16:13 UTC

This fix was confirmed in the beta forum, thanks!

derekKinny · Post by *derekKinny » 2011-01-03, 03:40 UTC

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