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--- how_to:vpop3_re-downloading_old_messages_from_isp_pop3_server [2011/11/21 15:41] – paul
+++ how_to:vpop3_re-downloading_old_messages_from_isp_pop3_server [2013/05/28 08:47] – [SRVRUIDL.DAT in use by another program] paul
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 This problem will not happen in VPOP3 version 5 or later as this information is now stored in the main database.
+There is no easy way to find which other program has the file open, because Windows does not report this information to VPOP3 - all it says is that the file is in use by another program, so VPOP3 cannot access it.
+Things to try are:
+  * make sure that two copies of VPOP3.EXE are not running
+  * make sure that a backup program is not copying the file(s)
+  * make sure that a virus scanner is not scanning the file(s)
+  * make sure that someone hasn't decided to open up the files in a text editor/etc
+  * you can try using a program such as [[http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/sysinternals/bb896655.aspx|Handle]] to see what the other program is - but this only works if the file is held open by the other program for a long time. If it is just opened for a few seconds, then you will have to be very lucky to catch it when it has the file open

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