Perhaps y'all can help me with this problem. There's a file I want to delete. I am running WinXP Pro.<BR><BR>When I attempt to delete the file I get the error message ...

When a shared file gets locked for editing, real-time collaboration gets affected as users cannot open or comment on the file. One known reason for this error is dual ...

If he uses the Win32 exclusive lock API only to determine whether or not the file is in use at that moment, then does the rest of his I/O with nonexclusive .Net platform calls, he'll run into trouble.