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Old 04-03-2005, 03:16 PM
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Unable to delete folders after copying or moving contents.

After I move or copy a file I am unable to delete the folder the file was in without getting a "this folder is being used by another program" error. I am only able to delete the folder after I close and restart explorer.exe.

I have ran Norton AntiVirus, Ad-aware and HijackThis, still cant figue out whats wrong. I also have all recent windows updates

Note: This happens EVERY time I copy or move a file.

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Old 04-03-2005, 03:29 PM
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Try disabling the indexing service.

Right click "My Computer"-->select "manage"-->under "services and applications" select "services"-->on the right hand side, double click "indexing service"-->under startup type select "disabled" then restart your computer.
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Old 04-03-2005, 03:43 PM
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Tried the above and disabled indexing under properties of the hard drive and problem still exists.
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Old 04-03-2005, 06:19 PM
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Any other ideas? Im reinstalling SP2 now but I somehow doubt it will fix anything.
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