Folder Locking Problem

[JohnFredC]

I am more frequently experiencing a folder locking problem with TC 6.03a under XP Sp1. It happens so frequently now that I am beginning to think about switching to another tool for deleting folders.

The problem occurs almost half the times that I attempt to delete a folder (any folder). TC deletes the files in the folder but then displays a cannot delete folder alert. If the folder I am trying to delete contains subfolders, TC starts at the "bottom", deletes the files from the first "lowest" folder, then displays the alert. For each folder up the hierarchy until the top folder, TC deletes the folder contents and then displays the "cannot delete folder" alert. The only way to delete any of these folders (or their subtrees) is to exit TC.

The WhoLockMe utility shows that TC has locked each of the folders in question. Exiting TC releases the locks, allowing any tool to delete the folders, including Explorer or TC after it has been restarted.

This problem occurs with FAT32 and NTFS partitions, with local fixed disks and with network shares.

This problem has caused no harm, but responding to all the alerts is tedious, as is the need to close and restart TC.

Could this be a thread problem? My system has hyperthreading enabled.

[Sheepdog]

I guess it is. I never had a similar problem. Now I copied just a huge foldertree to my NTFS drive. Then I started deleting it and sent the thread into background. Then I have choosen a subfolder an startet deleting it. Immedately there occured an error 'The directory could not be deletet'. And both threads collided until I cancelled them.


sheepdog