Cannot rename folder in Windows Server 2008

pimper · 12 Feb 2013 at 10:59

as the title states I cannot rename a folder in Win Server 2008! :mad:

I have removed the share and it is not in any sessions in the manage sessions tab. I can rename other folders that haven't been shared previously but, it shouldn't make a difference, as I've removed the share from the folder. its not mapped to any client, and a reboot doesn't solve this either :confused:

any ideas? I have created a new folder renamed to what I want and copied the files across but I obviously don't want to be doing this all the time.

pimper · 12 Feb 2013 at 13:14

Yes I have full rights to the folder. I looked and at the processes and nothing is using or accessing the folder :confused:

pimper · 12 Feb 2013 at 17:33

nope its not a dfs. I could reboot into safe mode and do it that way but its not ideal.. I dont wanna be having to much downtime, as im running AD on the server.

pimper · 12 Feb 2013 at 18:11

No the folder is not open. As I said before I had removed the share from the folder, so it would not be an active share, it still would not let me change the folder name. I have full control over the folder also. Loads of people elsewhere seem to have this problem

pimper · 12 Feb 2013 at 20:36

Uhtred said:
can you rename from the command line?

Nope still get the same message popup :mad:

markadams15 said:
What is the error message you are getting when trying to rename the folder ?

have you checked to see if there are any "system" files within the folder ?

in cmd "The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.

from renaming the folder by right click "The action cannot be completed because the folder is open in another program"

I have looked in the folder and all that is in there is Pictures, Downloads and the driver installers for the machines in my domain. I wouldn't think any of those could be running :confused:

pimper · 12 Feb 2013 at 20:58

Uhtred said:
Turn off thumbnails?

yup thumbnails are off have been for a while

pimper · 13 Feb 2013 at 08:33

Taken ownership of the folder! still no joy

pimper · 13 Feb 2013 at 22:44

That did it, downloaded Process explorer and found that the folder was being used in a system process. At least I'll know I can run that and stop the process if I need to rename other folders in the future.

Thanks for all the help :cool: