vista locking files
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this is driving me nuts. I have a little unlocker program , but even that is a pain.
Is there any way just to stop vista lokcing files.
for example I make a head texture in pshop, save it, it gets loaded in max, then
max will lock it or explorer will lock it so I can't save over it.
some times a file will get locked by zbrush, max , pshop and explorer.
what a fukking annoyance
Is there any way just to stop vista lokcing files.
for example I make a head texture in pshop, save it, it gets loaded in max, then
max will lock it or explorer will lock it so I can't save over it.
some times a file will get locked by zbrush, max , pshop and explorer.
what a fukking annoyance
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it costs me hours messing around each day.
Vista is so slow that even right clicking takes about 5 to 7 seconds
I guess if you have the patience for dicking around with installing/uninstalling OS's you could try the Windows 7 beta, there are being said good things about it.
Ruz, is your machine taken care of by an admin? If so you could try and ask him to remove/disable all the useless stuff running in the background, that might take care of the right click issue. It seems like messy little services are spreading like crazy now : google update, apple update, adobe update, itunes thingie... It's crazy and seems to get worse each year.
As for the file lockup, I dont get it that much now but I do have an unlocker when it happens, it's such a relief. Maybe you need stronger admin rights?
Good luck with that, it really is a pain. Somehow I don't really believe 7 to be 'not so bad'. Can't wait to hear more reports from power users like you and game artists in general. Like, Vista might be 'good enough' for many users, but the OS losing the folder display settings EVERY DAY is truly not acceptable in a work environment. We kindof gave up figuring out this one with the IT guy at work.
Also to prevent explorer issues you could try Xplorer2, it's quite solid.
http://zabkat.com/
I want to try XP64 too. Is it possible to find it legit for cheap?
Someone posted this on my xp64 thread :
That's $170 for xp64 from amazon.com I don't know if you can call it cheap, but personally i'm using the uh, "student edition" for now.
came pre installed.
I mean really vista is pretty stable but the stuff I am moaning about is so basic.
I have explored the right click issue and its apparently due to badly written file handlers.
Right click on a folder or file properties takes at least 5 seconds, sometimes longer
I am going to go through my comp and uninstall any crap , see if that make a difference.
The file lock thing is the worst though. I have a file locked by max photoshop and zbrush WTF
you know the way things work, i like to paint my textures in phop, do a little test in max ,
paint some more etc. test again
This had become so painful now
cheers for the feedback guys and pior I will try some of those tips, thnks
This is not really vista bashing thread, just want this stuff fixing. I mean basic exploration
and filesaving just has to work properly!!
Are you the admin and are you logged in as the admin or do you have multiple user accounts? It could be that the user account is corrupted - try logging on another user and see if the problem persists. You can fix corrupted accounts by deleting them and then just remaking.
Yea that folder losing display settings is a very annoying problem, bothers me every day too. This xplorer2 thing is awesome, just downloaded the trial and I can already see it being much better than explorer. Thanks for the link.
As for cheap windows xp, this is the lowest I found but im not sure how reliable this site is (never heard of them) http://www.kikatek.com/product_info.php?products_id=29037
I myself got a free version from MSDN, yay for being a student.
Are you using a PSD or a TGA for the texture? I've had this issue in Windows since Win2kPro. The file is not really locked, it's "open" by whatever program is using it and it won't allow saving over it. Also, if you were dinking around with your folder permissions you can lock yourself out of a file/directory and anything created in that directory. Is the drive you're using for these files brand new? Or did you pull it from another machine when you upgraded? If so, the permissions will be all borked as well, and you need to reset them on the drive level and put yourself as the owner.
I have two seats of XP-64 and was holding on to them when I make new machines. XP-64 is great, but Vista Ultimate 64 is much better.
As for the folder resetting views, it's a known Vista PITA. I used a registry hack and it's worked fine.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes* \Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Window* s\Shell\Bags
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes* \Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Window* s\Shell\BagMRU
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes* \Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Window* s\Shell
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microso* ft\Windows\Shell NoRoam
Try turning off the Preview Pane in Window's Explorer, also don't have the file selected in explorer.
Organize/Layout/Preview Pane
I had a similar problem working with HTML files. Turned out the preview pain had the file "open" so my text editor couldn't save over it.
Also, if you're working with really big files (2048 and the like) the apps seem to hold on to them a fair bit longer to read/write them. Switching back and forth too fast can make it hiccup as one's not done with the file before the other wants it.
worked temporarily for you:)
seriously, this problem is not just on my comp, I have trolled tech forums looking for solutions
and it comes up quite a lot, so for me I think blaming vista for this is ok thank you very much
cheers monster and lamont, will try that.
Its actually improved already by uninstalling a lot of stuff, like xna and other game dev stuff I don't use much
I had already gone through most of the speeding up vista stuff previously
Talon, I had this happen in xp a fair bit, but the vista issue seems diferent in that it can be locked by up to 3 apps at once ie windows explorer,3dsmax and pshop
And its true I never heard of the term "locking files" before, but after googling I found that "the file is in use by another program" is a description of the problem that I recognize, I have seen that problem a few times on XP and it does come up a lot on google - so its not limited to vista and its a consistent problem between different versions of windows.
There's one more thing about the way 3dsmax holds onto files that really bugs me. If I go to save, and I want to copy the name of an exsisting file I would click it, then change the name. Now even if I change the name, it still asks if I want to overwrite the file I clicked on. HELLO... totally different name, why overwrite? Now there are half a dozen ways to work around this but I shouldn't have to! Grr
Any way if you figure it out, please post the fix, I know quite a few people who would love to have a fix for this, besides close all open apps.
Its just easier to type it out.
If I find a definitive solution for any of this stuff I will post it.
I reckon in a 40 hour week it will cost me at least 2 or 3 hours messing around with this stuff
XP never locked out files between 3 program ie max pshop and zbrush.( not in my cae nayway)
the odd thing is, even of the texture is not loaded in zbrush it sometimes locks it out.
I will do some more research on this 'edit' just read lamonts post about permissions too.