I started this thread a couple of weeks ago and am relaunching it in hopes of getting someone from Microsoft to take this more seriously. I can't edit my xxxxx.html files which reside on Win2003 file server. I use Dreamweaver. I've tried also with notepad, et al and same problem. I never had a problem with XP but now I have this major, major problem. I get this error: A sharing violation occurred while accessing E:\ccc\ddd\M564D.tmp. To summarize. - I've turned off UAC. - removed anti-virus - turned off windows defender, firewall and indexing - checked permissions - this happens using a plain text editor as well Now I've had this problem confirmed by a friend who can't edit .html or .htm files over the network and he is using Samba 3.x on a Centos fileserver. This isn't a windows 2003 error then. It's a Windows 7 problem! However, if he opens the file using the UNC path (i.e. \\server\share\foo.html ) then he can edit the file. Interesting eh! He says the error only occurs if the file is opened via Windows Explorer. Can anyone from Microsoft please take a serious look at this and provide a solution??? thx G

Hi, Based on my research, Sharing Violation occurs because the thumbnail cache which updates the metadata displayed in the Windows Explorer detail panel was locking the file. To resolve it, please turn off the Details Pane in Windows Explorer. Click Organize, click Layout, unselect “Details Panel”. Best Regards DalePlease remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Hi Dale I tried turning off the Detail Pane but it didn't work. Same error. However! When I turned off the Preview Pane under Organize>Layout I was then able to edit the .html files and with Detail Pane turned on . Whew hew!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sweet success at last! Thanks for your help with this. Can you please push this over to MS development so they can correct this problem asap. It's a real problem and I bet there's many people out there scratching their head over this one and it would be nice to have the Preview Pane. Cheers Glenn

Hi Glenn, Of course, I would like to help forwarding this problem to our Dev team. I believe they will take it into consideration sincerely and seriously. Thanks for your feedback. BTW, you could submit your problem directly via Poviding Feedback to Microsoft or Feedback|Microsoft Connect. Best Regards DalePlease remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.