File Locked by abother program

[Todd Geist]

Windows 2003, FM server 8.0v4.

I have run into this issue several times now and I can't figure it out.

Here are the symptoms.

FileMaker Server begins to run very slowly and then begins to freeze on new record creation.

I close the files on the server and then quit the server.

I try to open the File in FileMaker Pro, Windows reports that the file can't be opened because it already opened by some other application.

YIKES!

This is a problem.

I have verified that the neither the Backup app nor the AntiVirus are touching the Live Data folder.

I don't know what is opening the file or how to find out what it is.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks

Todd

[Vaughan]

Check that the host computer has sufficient free space on the hard disk for FM Server cache temp files.

[Orlando]

Hi Todd

I have experienced the same problem; I have not yet figured out the cause but found that restarting the server frees up the files.

I have also found that when this happens to some of our larger files they can end up damaged.

Hopefully someone can shed some light on the issue.

Orlando