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btw, the files arent supposed to be locked, I'm deleting them over here with no problem at all.. but i'm using shavlik's product..
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btw, the files arent supposed to be locked, I'm deleting them over here with no problem at all.. but i'm using shavlik's product..

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When deploying MS hotfixes (via Patchlink Update -not that it matters), the hotfix uncompresses to a temporary folder with a random character name. It seems to choose the drive with the most available space on to uncompress to. Unfortunately I can't delete these folders as I get an &quot;In Use&quot; error. This is after multiple reboots.<br />
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Can anyone suggest a method by which I can delete these folders. I would prefer one that did not use a 3rd party utility if possible. I would also like an explanation of why the OS is locking these files in particular. If it matters I am particularly looking at a large shared SAN disk used on a 2 node clustered file server.<br />
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Cheers.<br />
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When deploying MS hotfixes (via Patchlink Update -not that it matters), the hotfix uncompresses to a temporary folder with a random character name. It seems to choose the drive with the most available space on to uncompress to. Unfortunately I can't delete these folders as I get an "In Use" error. This is after multiple reboots.

Can anyone suggest a method by which I can delete these folders. I would prefer one that did not use a 3rd party utility if possible. I would also like an explanation of why the OS is locking these files in particular. If it matters I am particularly looking at a large shared SAN disk used on a 2 node clustered file server.

Cheers.



Deleting hotfix temporary folders

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