Problems moving files

fable · Post by **fable** » Fri Oct 23, 2009 4:02 pm

For some reason recently, when I went to manually install some Morrowind mods, I kept getting errors. I'd grab the subfolders as I've always done and dragged them across to their proper destination, overwriting/adding where necessary. But I keep getting this sort of thing, after choosing Confirm Folder Replace with Yes to All:

"Can't remove folder n. The directory is not empty."

Yes, there is a folder n. I can try this several times, and finally, it will work, but not the first one or four. It's annoying, and never used to occur. Is there some sort of change I might have made that could be causing this? I'm on WinXP.

dragon wench · Post by **dragon wench** » Fri Oct 23, 2009 4:42 pm

Very strange...
Much like you, I've always installed MW mods manually and never had a problem.

Have you recently done any messing about with your computer? Reg cleaning, intensive defragging, general cleanup, anything like that?

fable · Post by **fable** » Fri Oct 23, 2009 5:21 pm

dragon wench wrote:Very strange...
Much like you, I've always installed MW mods manually and never had a problem.

Have you recently done any messing about with your computer? Reg cleaning, intensive defragging, general cleanup, anything like that?

I've done some cleaning, but I have no idea what would specifically cause this kind of behavior--which has never occurred during defragging, before--or how to stop it.

dragon wench · Post by **dragon wench** » Fri Oct 23, 2009 6:10 pm

fable wrote:I've done some cleaning, but I have no idea what would specifically cause this kind of behavior--which has never occurred during defragging, before--or how to stop it.

I'm no expert at all, but I have occasionally encountered problems running certain programs after really thorough cleans (probably because I was over zealous in some of my file deletions

).
Hopefully the more tech savvy people here will be able to pinpoint your problem, it sounds *extremely* annoying ...

Mr Flibble · Post by **Mr Flibble** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 2:10 pm

Hi Fable

Is your user account an administrator? Have you tried taking ownership of the folder, or resetting the folder securty rights? If it has been downloaded it may have some bad security ID's in the folder metadata.

Also have a look at this program: WhoLockMe Explorer Extension v2.0 beta (NT-Win2K-XP) download page
This will show which process is locking the folder or files.

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 2:21 pm

Try looking at How to take ownership of a file or a folder in Windows XP and seeing if it applies

fable · Post by **fable** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 3:46 pm

Thing is, transferring folder-to-folder does work, sometimes. At other times, with the exact same folder, it doesn't. It takes anywhere from 1 to 8 (the highest number, yet) times for it to work properly. So rights don't appear involved, otherwise it wouldn't work on the same folder continuously, regardless.

Which is damn confusing, I admit.