Hello there We have a windows 2008 server which shared folders reside. On Windows7 client machine we cannot rename certain folders because of the following error "The action cannot be completed because the folder or a file in it is open in another program". we know no one is accesing that folder across the network. Delete temp files and stop windows from caching the thumbnails as per our research but still no joy. Please help. more info will be provided upon request. thanks

Make sure no other application is using this share files. Did you check any sessions or files are open. Goto Administrative tools > Share and Storage Management from action pane select Manage Sessions... and Manage Open Files... Give a try after reboot the server. Thanks

Hi, Thank you for your post. Please try the following KB. Renaming a network folder in Windows 7 Explorer fails with "the action can't be completed...": http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2025703 Best Regards, James

Yea Tried both but stil no joy. Any other recommendations ?

are you logged on with the administrator ? if no please log on and retry ithttp://www.virmansec.com/blogs/skhairuddin

Yes, I logged in with admin account.

I have seen that behavior with antivirus real time scanning hitting the folder, stop the servers real time scanner and give it a try-- :P Advice offered, If you need more help it is advised to seek the council and advice of paid professionals. The answer is always 42, or reboot.