Microsoft KB Archive/192848

= Unable to Move Multiple .dll Files to Another Disk =

Article ID: 192848

Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q192848



SYMPTOMS
When you try to move (or cut and paste) multiple read-only dynamic-link library (.dll) files to another disk or network drive, you may receive an error message similar to one of the following error messages:

Error Moving File

Cannot move .dll: The file exists.

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Error Copying File

Cannot copy .dll: There has been a sharing violation. The source or destination file may be in use.

Note that the .dll file on the destination drive has a size of zero bytes. If you try to delete this file, you receive the following error message:

Cannot delete .dll: Access is denied. Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not currently in use.



RESOLUTION
To work around this problem, use the appropriate method:

Delete the Zero-Byte File
To delete the .dll zero-byte file, restart the computer, and then delete the file. For information about how to delete a file, click Start, click Help, click the Index tab, type "delete" (without quotation marks), and then double-click the "Deleting Files, Folders" topic.

Move the Read-Only .dll Files
To move the read-only .dll files, copy the .dll files to the destination disk, and then delete the .dll files on the source disk. For information about how to copy a file, click Start, click Help, click the Index tab, type "copy" (without quotation marks), and then double-click the "Copying Files, Folders" topic.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Windows 98.

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Keywords: kberrmsg kbprb KB192848

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