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- DOCUMENT:Q104556 30-SEP-1993 [W_NT]
- TITLE :Err Msg: The Device is Being Accessed by an Active Process
- PRODUCT :Windows NT
- PROD/VER:3.10
- OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
- KEYWORDS:
-
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- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
- - Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1
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-
- Windows NT does not allow you to disconnect a network drive (logical
- network connection) if you are currently on the drive that you are
- trying to disconnect.
-
- For example, if you attempt to use the following command:
-
- M:\>net use m: /d
-
- You will receive the following error message because the
- drive/directory focus is set to the network drive that you are trying
- to disconnect:
-
- The device is being accessed by an active process.
-
- More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 2404.
-
- To disconnect the network drive, change to another drive and reenter
- the disconnect command.
-
- NOTE: Help (typing NET HELPMSG 2404), provides the following
- information:
-
- The device is being accessed by an active process.
-
- EXPLANATION
-
- The drive letter you specified is the current drive of a session. You
- tried to delete a drive redirection (x:) while it is in use, possibly
- as your current drive.
-
- ACTION
-
- Be sure the drive you are trying to delete is not the current drive
- in any of your sessions.
-
- Additional reference words: 3.10 remove delete
- KBCategory:
- KBSubCategory: netsrv
-
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