TextPad is not letting go of *something* when it closes a file:
After I close all documents, but actually leave TextPad open, an attempt to rename the directory holding those files causes the following error:
Cannot rename <directory name>: There has been a sharing violation. The source or destination file may be in use.
When I restore TextPad (from minimize), there are still no files open in it. After I close TextPad, renaming the directory does not cause the error.
TextPad must be holding a file open even after I asked it to close the file. Only a full exit from TextPad unlocks the file and/or its directory.
This behavior has existed, I think, since v4.0.
Is this a bug?
Thanks,
Roy
File Folder Locking?
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Andreas
RE: File Folder Locking?
It is not a file textpad keeps locked.
But it keeps the directory locked in some way. This is because it still has the directory of the last file as its working directory.
I can't remember whether this only happens if you have the working directory following the current file or whether it happens always.
And I do not remember whether there was any remedy for it.
Andreas
But it keeps the directory locked in some way. This is because it still has the directory of the last file as its working directory.
I can't remember whether this only happens if you have the working directory following the current file or whether it happens always.
And I do not remember whether there was any remedy for it.
Andreas