Symbolic link cannot be renamed

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yogi
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Symbolic link cannot be renamed

Post by yogi »

XYplorer cannot rename its symbolic link when the source file is used by another process, while Explorer can
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RalphM
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Re: Symbolic link cannot be renamed

Post by RalphM »

I would expect the same happens in Explorer if you try to rename its symbolic link.
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yogi
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Re: Symbolic link cannot be renamed

Post by yogi »

The same doesn't happen with Explorer
Hard links have the same problem

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Re: Symbolic link cannot be renamed

Post by admin »

Cannot do anything about it, it's handled by the shell. BTW, it works fine in Win8.1, so I guess it's another Win10/11 bug.

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