August 29, 2008 09:08pm pdt

1. vadimrapp1 180,577
2. kcehtrak 10,700
3. matrixnz 9,250
4. Matti 7,500
5. merowinger 5,600
6. RobSamp... 4,750
7. PUNKY 4,375
8. orangutang 4,100
9. kalav 4,000
10. and235... 3,900
11. mlmcc 3,500
11. Shift-3 3,500
13. rindi 3,200
14. Netman66 3,092
15. nobus 3,000
15. purplepo... 3,000
17. Mister_S... 2,750
18. ThinkPaper 2,600
19. Mikal613 2,500
19. johnb6767 2,500
21. mpfister 2,400
22. Mishu007 2,150
23. mdougan 2,000
23. CSLEEDS 2,000
23. juniorecho... 2,000
23. richwitton 2,000
23. chilternPC 2,000
23. nplib 2,000
23. ShazbotOK 2,000
23. ajbritton 2,000
23. BillyDvD 2,000
23. blimster 2,000
23. Yiogi 2,000
23. abhatnagar 2,000
23. mrichmon 2,000
23. cybrexus 2,000
23. souseran 2,000
23. cuziyq 2,000
23. MCKreed 2,000
23. maxis2cute 2,000
23. rhythmluvr 2,000
23. Pearl_ex... 2,000
23. rachitkohli 2,000
23. jss1199 2,000
23. LeeTutor 2,000
23. Smart_Man 2,000
23. lundholms... 2,000
23. coolsport00 2,000
23. AmazingT... 2,000

1. vadimrapp1 182,577
2. abhatnagar 32,250
3. Shakti109 24,250
4. Merete 21,350
5. mrwad99 19,480
6. sramesh2k 19,373
7. kcehtrak 19,200
8. johnb6767 17,929
9. LeeTutor 17,775
10. ajbritton 16,700
11. matrixnz 15,500
12. Sheharya... 14,614
13. Eagle6990 14,475
14. and235... 12,725
15. Fatal_Ex... 12,620
16. nobus 12,385
17. fostejo 10,900
18. Matti 9,500
19. RobSamp... 8,750
20. gemarti 8,700
21. Mister_S... 8,100
22. war1 8,000
23. rindi 7,800
24. CrazyOne 7,692
25. Shift-3 7,500

11.01.2007 at 10:45AM PDT, ID: 22932946

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Why is WUAUCLT.exe locking my datastore.edb file?

Asked by yuhs in MSI, Windows XP Operating System

Tags: exclusive, access, file

As I mentioned earlier, I'm creating some msi packages to push out to my company.

When I try installing or uninstalling the msi, I get the message "Another application has exclusive access to the file c:\windows\softwaredistribution\datastorelogs\.tmp.edb.

I've identified that WUAUCLT.EXE is the process locking the files, which is the Windows Installer Service. If I disable the service the warning goes away, but then I can't install/uninstall the msi.

Anyone know why the Windows Installer won't relinqush control to these folders when I try to do an MSI install/uninstall? Is it permissions?Start Free Trial

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Why is WUAUCLT.exe locking my datastore.edb file?

Asked by yuhs in MSI, Windows XP Operating System

Tags: exclusive, access, file

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