Hello,
We have the following problem, perhaps someone on this NG has dealt with this or something similar before and has some advice. We work with AutoCAD Architecture 2008 (SP1) on XP (SP2) workstations with a Windows 2000 (SP4) server. After saving an AutoCAD file to any network drive with ACA 2008 and then closing the drawing, the user is not able to delete the file from Windows Explorer – the following warning dialog appears:
“Error Deleting File or Folder: Cannot delete [file]. It is being used by another person or program. Close any programs that might be using the file and try again.”
The file can not be deleted after quitting AutoCAD or after rebooting the PC. The file can, however, be deleted from within the AutoCAD Open File / New File / Save As dialogs. Also, the files can be deleted after ADT 2005 has been started – if ADT 2005 is running at the time that the time that the file is created with ACA2008 then it needs to be restarted in order to delete the file from Windows Explorer. Files saved to local drives can be deleted.
In the Computer Manager – watching Open Files on the network, the files created by ACA 2008 show up in the list with ‘Read’ status when the directory in which they reside is open with Windows Explorer. If the directory is closed in Windows Explorer, then the Read status disappears. This is the case regardless of whether or not ACA 2008 is running or not. Again, once ADT 2005 is started, the files are not displayed with Read status.
Some of these files can be deleted after several repeated tries right after creating/saving them. Some still can not be deleted days after being created. It is difficult to determine whether this has to do with timing (i.e. – happening to attempt the delete when the file is temporarily free – or whether this has something to do with the file itself).
Thanks in advance for any pointers,
Peter