RemoveDirectory() error access denied ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED - how to find out who accesses it?

[peach...@gmx.ch]

Hi,

When deleting a folder with WIN32 API RemoveDirectory(), it fails and
the last error is ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED (error code 5). How can I find
out, what process still accesses it? Is there a debug technique for
that?

Thanks,
Peter

[Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]]

Is the directory empty? Is the directory read-only? Those are the only two
things that I can recall having problems with...

Paul T.

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[PeterV]

The directory is empty and not read-only.

I think "access denied" means another process has this directory as
its working directory. Do the following example in the root directory
of your device:

mkdir hello
cd hello
rmdir \hello -> fails!
cd ..
rmdir \hello -> works!

So: if the cmd has the working directory "hello", it fails - otherwise
it's possible. Typically Windows :-( ! How can I find out, which
process occupies my directory to remove?

[Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]]

There's no concept of "working directory" native to Windows CE, so it's
something that the shell itself is doing. I don't seem to have the source
for the shell, so I'm not sure what it would be, but, based on your testing
you've got to be right. I don't think that there's any way to find out who
is interfering, at least no way that's reasonable. You could write a
filesystem filter and install it and have it provide some means to ask it
who is enumerating the contents of a folder or who has a file in a folder
open, etc. If you don't have any console applications running, what
happens?

Paul T.

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