Access Denied to all SVN Directories

Question

I'm trying to delete several working copy directories, but I get an Access Denied on all the SVN files, running as admin or normal user. I've killed the Tortoise cache process, and cannot figure what is wrong.

Any suggestions?

Answer 1

Download Microsoft's Process Explorer and see what processes have the file-handles open.

Once you've downloaded Process Explorer run it (no install required), and

• Select Find -> Find Handle or DLL
• Enter a filename you can't delete.

It will list the processes with handles to that file. Kill the process and you should be ok.

Note that this is a general Windows answer, not a TortoiseSVN specific answer.

Answer 2

You can try reboot your PC first before trying to delete it again.

Or maybe this tool can help: Unlocker

Unlocker is the solution to the following types of Windows error messages

* Cannot delete folder: It is being used by another person or

program * Cannot delete file: Access is denied * There has been a sharing violation. * The source or destination file may be in use. * The file is in use by another program or user. * Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not currently in use.

1. Simply right click the folder or file and select Unlocker

2. If the folder or file is locked, a window listing of lockers will appear

3. Simply click Unlock All and you are done!

Answer 3

I had heinous problems with this until I disabled my Norton Autoprotect anti-virus software.

http://subversion.tigris.org/faq.html#windows-access-denied

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