Weird Frame to PDF problem

[Andrew Warren]

Gillian Flato wrote:

> I get the following message:
> 
> > > "Adobe PDF" cannot access the file because it is un use by another
> > > application or process: 
> 
> G:\\blah\blah\blah\mypdf.pdf
> 
> Verify that the file is not open by another application or process and
> try again.>> 
> 
> It's weird because no one else is accessing the file and it's not open
> by any other program. 
> 
> My IT guy looked at the file and said that there was no security info
> on it. The only way he could break the link to the PDF so I could
> delete it was to reboot the server. I am working on a network drive.

Gillian:

I suspect that you're just seeing a default error message, and that the
file might NOT actually be in use by another app... But you can find out
for sure by using either Handle or Process Explorer:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/ProcessesAndThreads/Proces
sExplorer.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/handle.mspx

Handle is a command-line program; the command to find the process that
has mypdf.pdf open is simply "handle mypdf".

If you're not comfortable with the DOS command line, Process Explorer is
a GUI tool.  After installing it, ctrl-F will open a search box into
which you can type "mypdf".

-Andrew

=== Andrew Warren  - awarren at synaptics.com
=== Synaptics, Inc - Santa Clara, CA