Cloud mirror - Cloud Files API - explorer.exe locking folders and prevents rename of directory
pdupont1 opened this issue · 1 comments
We are implementing a cloud sync engine using the cloud files API. Not sure where to report this issue but I am trying here.
Everything is working more or less as expected.
However if I create a folder hierarchy of 2 or more folders, say folder A has a child folder B which has another child folder C.
Whenever I open folder C in the file explorer I am no longer able to rename, delete or move folder A.
It states The action can't be completed because the folder or a file in it is open in another program.
It does not happen when opening folder A but only when navigating into folder C.
No files are present in the folders, only the folder hierarchy and it happens every time and can be reproduced 100% on my end.
This also happens on our customers system as well as our QA systems.
I checked the open handles using Powertoys File Locksmith and the Resource Monitor and only explorer.exe has open handles on the folder and subfolders.
If I restart explorer.exe the folder can be changed again.
This is also an issue with OneDrive, so I can assume it has nothing to do with our own implementation of the cloud files API.
Also needless to say, this only happens when interacting with folders below a sync root and not on the "regular" file system.
I am using Windows 10.0.19045. The issue also seems to happen on Windows 11 but somehow less frequent. Edit: The issue does only seem to happen on Windows 10. The alleged issue on our customers Windows 11 PC turned out to be another issue.
Issue is getting reproduced for me