I seem to have some files which are reported to be in use or my access is denied some other way. I suddenly noticed the problem when zipping my documents for backup. I seem to have lost permission to view some of my documents or they are reported to be in use. When I "Send To" 'Compressed (zipped) Folder' the process terminates at certain files giving me an error message "File not found or no read permission". I have previously compressed that folder regularly for backup purpose without problems. The files which now cause the problem were there before and have not been recently altered or accessed. When I try to open the file I get an error message: "Path incorrect (which is not) or check file permission for this file/drive (which I have)". These are ordinary files or documents which have never been 'password-protected' or anything like that. Some other files behave strangely as well. I have suddenly a database which refuses to open and the program (Reference Manager to be precise) tells me that that particular database is in use. I cannot move or delete the files either as I get an error message "Access denied - make sure the file is not currently in use". Even closing all programs and re-booting does not solve the problem. NAV 2003, Adaware, Spybot are reporting no problems. WinUpdate is ok as well. Can anyone tell me what's happening? Thanks very much!

have you try with safe mode

I have now and same files same problem. I also run an online virus scan which was clear.

I found what the problem is: When you zip files, the zipped content inherits the permission assigned to the temp folders where the zip process is taken place - which, under XP Prof, are "not shared" - hence the message when you try to open or copy the zipped file from a remote comp. For your existing file, copy it locally to the Shared Doc folder, rename and copy it back to the original folder on the XP box. You can now access it remotely. To have all future zipped files accessible, in your zip program preferences change all temp folder assignment to something like winzip_temp , make that folder sharable and from now on the zipped files you create will be OK, provided they are reside in a shared folder. Please tell if this work. Kobi

Thanks Kobi, however the problem occured on my laptop without trying to access or zip the files through a network. I assume that some of the problems occured because zip does not like long file names which are sometimes created when you save websites as html. Saying that other files were affected too. I managed to delete them after running chkdsk /f several times and restore from backup. I am still in the dark what happened exactely.

And I was so excited... I ran into your exact problem this morning, but it was across LAN. This happening on a local computer - I don't have a clue. Sorry. Kobi

thanks again