Problems Deleting Directory After FPNW Share

Last reviewed: August 29, 1996
Article ID: Q151905

The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.51

SYMPTOMS

After you complete the following steps:

Create a File and Print Services for NetWare (FPNW) volume on a Windows Server with FPNW installed

2. Make a map to this volume from a NetWare client 3. Delete the volume from the Windows NT Server side using

   File Manager/FPNW/Delete Volume while the client connection is
   still active

4. Try to delete the directory

the following message is displayed:

   File Manager cannot access the file because it is being used by
   another process. [Abort][Retry][Ignore].

The directory cannot be deleted.

WORKAROUND

Reboot the Windows NT Server and then delete the directory.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in File and Print Services for NetWare version 3.51. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

KBCategory: kbnetwork
KBSubCategory: ntnetserv ntinterop NTSrv
Additional reference words: 3.51 FPNW erase

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Last reviewed: August 29, 1996
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