Sharing Violation When Deleting a Folder

• Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0
• Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0
• Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0, Terminal Server Edition

SYMPTOMS

When you uncompress a directory structure on an NTFS volume and you quit the process for any reason (such as corrupt file or out of free space), you will receive a sharing violation when trying to delete the directory structure. The sharing violation always occurs in the directory of the last file accessed when you quit the uncompression process.

CAUSE

This is caused because Explorer.exe (Windows NT 4.0 shell) keeps an open handle to the directory.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, perform either of the following steps:

• Log off the computer and log back on, which should clear the handle. You should now be able to delete the directory.
  
  -or-



• Restart your system.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT 4.0 or Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition. For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q152734 How to Obtain the Latest Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT 4.0 and Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition. This problem was first corrected in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4.0 and Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition Service Pack 4.

Additional query words: compress uncompress

Keywords : kbui NT4SP4Fix kbbug4.00 kbfix4.00.sp4 ntfilesys NTSrvWkst
Version : WinNT:4.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug