Error: The process cannot access the file because is being used by...

[rafaelPi]

Yes, I had a Error: The process cannot access the file because is being used by another process error. I didn't have any issue downloading a few files on the same session; then this one stopped at 97%. I don't have Google Desktop, MSN Desktop, WinZIP Quickfind, Roxio Media Manager or Nero Scout installed, neither any of the incompatible software listed in the Help. Please tell me what should I do. I just hope I don't have to start all over again! Anyway, I hope this helps:

HijackThis and ProcessExplorer logs edited out

UPDATE

Apparently solved; this is what I did:

• I disabled the Windows Content Indexing Service in the downloads directory (directory context menu > Properties > General tab > Advanced button > uncheck «For fast searching, allow Indexing service to index this folder» > OK > OK)

• I went back to µTorrent and resumed the job (job context menu > Start)

It seems to be downloading normally again (with tremendous peaks and valleys, though --probably unrelated). Note that I really can't say that the Windows indexing service was what caused the error; I guess it could have been my media player silently going through the files to index them (I took the downloads directory out of the «watched» list, just in case). I'm posting this in case is of any help for someone. Anyway, I appreciate any additional advice or comment.

[moogly]

Post HJT log next time.

Guide: http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=29748

[rafaelPi]

You are right, I shouldn't have take them from my report; I thought they served no purpose anymore. Here is what I had posted (that is, before solving the problem):

HijackThis scan

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.3 (BETA)
Scan saved at 22:09:53, on 2010-03-30
Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00 (8.00.6001.18702)
Boot mode: Normal

Running processes:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\Ati2evxx.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\Ati2evxx.exe
C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG9\avgchsvx.exe
C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG9\avgrsx.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\WLTRYSVC.EXE
C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG9\avgcsrvx.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\bcmwltry.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP\SynTPEnh.exe
C:\Program Files\MWSnap\MWSnap.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
C:\Program Files\CalendarByHorstSchaeffer\Calendar.exe
C:\Program Files\Everything\Everything.exe
C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG9\avgwdsvc.exe
C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\AutoHotkey.exe
C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\AutoHotkey.exe
C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\AutoHotkey.exe
C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\AutoHotkey.exe
C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\AutoHotkey.exe
C:\Program Files\ProcessExplorer\procexp.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\cisvc.exe
C:\Program Files\OpenOffice.org 3\program\soffice.exe
C:\WINDOWS\eHome\ehRecvr.exe
C:\Program Files\OpenOffice.org 3\program\soffice.bin
C:\WINDOWS\eHome\ehSched.exe
C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG9\avgnsx.exe
C:\Program Files\FolderSize\FolderSizeSvc.exe
C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\jqs.exe
C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG9\avgemc.exe
C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG9\avgcsrvx.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\dllhost.exe
C:\Program Files\uTorrent\uTorrent.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\wuauclt.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\cidaemon.exe
C:\Program Files\SoulseekNS\slsk.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird\thunderbird.exe
C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe
C:\Program Files\FreeCommander\FreeCommander.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\msiexec.exe
C:\Program Files\TrendMicro\HiJackThis\HiJackThis.exe

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Search_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157
O2 - BHO: WormRadar.com IESiteBlocker.NavFilter - {3CA2F312-6F6E-4B53-A66E-4E65E497C8C0} - C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG9\avgssie.dll
O2 - BHO: Spybot-S&D IE Protection - {53707962-6F74-2D53-2644-206D7942484F} - C:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {5C255C8A-E604-49b4-9D64-90988571CECB} - (no file)
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {761497BB-D6F0-462C-B6EB-D4DAF1D92D43} - (no file)
O2 - BHO: Windows Live Sign-in Helper - {9030D464-4C02-4ABF-8ECC-5164760863C6} - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live\WindowsLiveLogin.dll
O2 - BHO: Java(tm) Plug-In 2 SSV Helper - {DBC80044-A445-435b-BC74-9C25C1C588A9} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\jp2ssv.dll
O2 - BHO: JQSIEStartDetectorImpl - {E7E6F031-17CE-4C07-BC86-EABFE594F69C} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\lib\deploy\jqs\ie\jqs_plugin.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SynTPEnh] C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP\SynTPEnh.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [MWSnap] "C:\Program Files\MWSnap\MWSnap.exe"
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Thunderbird] "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird\thunderbird" -turbo
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [ctfmon.exe] C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-18\..\Run: [syncman] c:\documents and settings\networkservice\wuaucldt.exe (User 'SYSTEM')
O4 - HKUS\.DEFAULT\..\Run: [syncman] c:\documents and settings\networkservice\wuaucldt.exe (User 'Default user')
O4 - Startup: ContextSensitiveHelp.ahk.lnk = C:\Documents and Settings\rpi\code\_scripts\ContextSensitiveHelp.ahk
O4 - Startup: desktopAppLauncher.ahk.lnk = C:\Documents and Settings\rpi\code\desktopApp\desktopAppLauncher.ahk
O4 - Startup: FreeCommander.ahk.lnk = C:\Documents and Settings\rpi\code\_scripts\FreeCommander.ahk
O4 - Startup: FreeCommander.exe.lnk = C:\Program Files\FreeCommander\FreeCommander.exe
O4 - Startup: fullScreen.ahk.lnk = C:\Documents and Settings\rpi\code\_scripts\fullScreen.ahk
O4 - Startup: hotkeys.ahk.lnk = C:\Documents and Settings\rpi\code\_scripts\hotkeys.ahk
O4 - Startup: ProcessExplorer.exe.lnk = C:\Program Files\ProcessExplorer\procexp.exe
O4 - Global Startup: Calendar.exe.lnk = C:\Program Files\CalendarByHorstSchaeffer\Calendar.exe
O4 - Global Startup: Everything.exe.lnk = C:\Program Files\Everything\Everything.exe
O4 - Global Startup: OpenOffice.org 3.2.lnk = C:\Program Files\OpenOffice.org 3\program\quickstart.exe
O4 - Global Startup: Volume On-Screen-Display (OSD).ahk.lnk = C:\Documents and Settings\rpi\code\_scripts\Volume On-Screen-Display (OSD).ahk
O9 - Extra button: PalTalk - {4EAFEF58-EEFA-4116-983D-03B49BCBFFFE} - C:\Program Files\Paltalk Messenger\Paltalk.exe (file missing)
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {DFB852A3-47F8-48C4-A200-58CAB36FD2A2} - C:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Spybot - Search & Destroy Configuration - {DFB852A3-47F8-48C4-A200-58CAB36FD2A2} - C:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - C:\WINDOWS\Network Diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: @xpsp3res.dll,-20001 - {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - C:\WINDOWS\Network Diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe
O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Windows Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O18 - Protocol: linkscanner - {F274614C-63F8-47D5-A4D1-FBDDE494F8D1} - C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG9\avgpp.dll
O20 - AppInit_DLLs: app_dll.dll
O20 - Winlogon Notify: avgrsstarter - avgrsstx.dll (file missing)
O22 - SharedTaskScheduler: Browseui preloader - {438755C2-A8BA-11D1-B96B-00A0C90312E1} - C:\WINDOWS\system32\browseui.dll
O22 - SharedTaskScheduler: Component Categories cache daemon - {8C7461EF-2B13-11d2-BE35-3078302C2030} - C:\WINDOWS\system32\browseui.dll
O23 - Service: Ati HotKey Poller - ATI Technologies Inc. - C:\WINDOWS\system32\Ati2evxx.exe
O23 - Service: AVG Free E-mail Scanner (avg9emc) - AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o. - C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG9\avgemc.exe
O23 - Service: AVG Free WatchDog (avg9wd) - AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o. - C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG9\avgwdsvc.exe
O23 - Service: Folder Size (FolderSize) - Brio - C:\Program Files\FolderSize\FolderSizeSvc.exe
O23 - Service: Java Quick Starter (JavaQuickStarterService) - Sun Microsystems, Inc. - C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\jqs.exe
O23 - Service: Dell Wireless WLAN Tray Service (wltrysvc) - Unknown owner - C:\WINDOWS\System32\WLTRYSVC.EXE

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End of file - 7319 bytes

ProcessExplorer list

Process    PID    CPU    Description    Command Line
System Idle Process    0    93.08        
 Interrupts    n/a        Hardware Interrupts    
 DPCs    n/a        Deferred Procedure Calls    
 System    4            
  smss.exe    788        Windows NT Session Manager    \SystemRoot\System32\smss.exe
   csrss.exe    844        Client Server Runtime Process    C:\WINDOWS\system32\csrss.exe ObjectDirectory=\Windows SharedSection=1024,3072,512 Windows=On SubSystemType=Windows ServerDll=basesrv,1 ServerDll=winsrv:UserServerDllInitialization,3 ServerDll=winsrv:ConServerDllInitialization,2 ProfileControl=Off MaxRequestThreads=16
   winlogon.exe    872        Windows NT Logon Application    winlogon.exe
    services.exe    920    0.77    Services and Controller app    C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
     ati2evxx.exe    1112        ATI External Event Utility EXE Module    C:\WINDOWS\system32\Ati2evxx.exe
     svchost.exe    1136        Generic Host Process for Win32 Services    C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost -k DcomLaunch
     svchost.exe    1228    0.77    Generic Host Process for Win32 Services    C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost -k rpcss
     svchost.exe    1376        Generic Host Process for Win32 Services    C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs
      wuauclt.exe    1444        Windows Update    "C:\WINDOWS\system32\wuauclt.exe"
     svchost.exe    1492        Generic Host Process for Win32 Services    C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe -k NetworkService
     svchost.exe    1624        Generic Host Process for Win32 Services    C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe -k LocalService
     WLTRYSVC.EXE    1988            C:\WINDOWS\System32\WLTRYSVC.EXE C:\WINDOWS\System32\bcmwltry.exe
      BCMWLTRY.EXE    176        Dell Wireless WLAN Card Wireless Network Controller    C:\WINDOWS\System32\bcmwltry.exe
     spoolsv.exe    432        Spooler SubSystem App    C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
     svchost.exe    1436        Generic Host Process for Win32 Services    C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe -k LocalService
     avgwdsvc.exe    1916        AVG Watchdog Service    "C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG9\avgwdsvc.exe"
      avgnsx.exe    1288        AVG Network scanner Service    "C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG9\avgnsx.exe"
     cisvc.exe    508        Content Index service    C:\WINDOWS\system32\cisvc.exe
      cidaemon.exe    3312        Indexing Service filter daemon    "cidaemon.exe" DownLevelDaemon "c:\system volume information\catalog.wci" 196672l 508l
     ehrecvr.exe    708        Media Center Receiver Service    C:\WINDOWS\eHome\ehRecvr.exe
     ehSched.exe    312        Media Center Scheduler Service    C:\WINDOWS\eHome\ehSched.exe
     FolderSizeSvc.exe    548        FolderSize Service    "C:\Program Files\FolderSize\FolderSizeSvc.exe"
     jqs.exe    2208        Java(TM) Quick Starter Service    "C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\jqs.exe" -service -config "C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\lib\deploy\jqs\jqs.conf"
     svchost.exe    2424        Generic Host Process for Win32 Services    C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe -k LocalService
     avgemc.exe    2620        AVG E-Mail Scanner    "C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG9\avgemc.exe"
      avgcsrvx.exe    2924        AVG Scanning Core Module - Server Part     /pipeName=842fd9ce-425c-4c68-90e3-f64bcd35e317 /coreSdkOptions=0 /binaryPath="C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG9\"
     mcrdsvc.exe    2700        MCRD Device Service    C:\WINDOWS\ehome\mcrdsvc.exe
     svchost.exe    2384        Generic Host Process for Win32 Services    C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe -k imgsvc
     msiexec.exe    8324        Windows® installer    C:\WINDOWS\system32\msiexec.exe /V
    lsass.exe    932        LSA Shell (Export Version)    C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
    ati2evxx.exe    1672        ATI External Event Utility EXE Module    Ati2evxx.exe -Client
    avgchsvx.exe    1680        AVG Cache Server    "C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG9\avgchsvx.exe"
    avgrsx.exe    1688        AVG Resident Shield Service    "C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG9\avgrsx.exe"
     avgcsrvx.exe    2020        AVG Scanning Core Module - Server Part     /pipeName=80438bef-3d53-4445-b734-af1786b17e1f /coreSdkOptions=30 /logConfFile="C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\avg9\temp\80c09e18-99b6-403f-8d68-769c69b952da-698-oopp.tmp" /loggerName=AVG.RS.Core /binaryPath="C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG9\" /tempPath="C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\avg9\temp\"
dllhost.exe    3436        COM Surrogate    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DLLHOST.EXE /PROCESSID:{02D4B3F1-FD88-11D1-960D-00805FC79235}
alg.exe    3620        Application Layer Gateway Service    C:\WINDOWS\System32\alg.exe
explorer.exe    1272    0.77    Windows Explorer    C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
 SynTPEnh.exe    1516    0.77    Synaptics TouchPad Enhancements    "C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP\SynTPEnh.exe" 
 MWSnap.exe    1524            "C:\Program Files\MWSnap\MWSnap.exe" 
 ctfmon.exe    1588        CTF Loader    "C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe" 
 Calendar.exe    1600        Calendar    "C:\Program Files\CalendarByHorstSchaeffer\Calendar.exe" 
 Everything.exe    1604        Everything    "C:\Program Files\Everything\Everything.exe" -startup
 AutoHotkey.exe    1936        AutoHotkey    "C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\AutoHotkey.exe"  "C:\Documents and Settings\rpi\code\_scripts\Volume On-Screen-Display (OSD).ahk" 
 AutoHotkey.exe    1944        AutoHotkey    "C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\AutoHotkey.exe"  "C:\Documents and Settings\rpi\code\_scripts\ContextSensitiveHelp.ahk" 
 AutoHotkey.exe    1960        AutoHotkey    "C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\AutoHotkey.exe"  "C:\Documents and Settings\rpi\code\_scripts\FreeCommander.ahk" 
 AutoHotkey.exe    1976        AutoHotkey    "C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\AutoHotkey.exe"  "C:\Documents and Settings\rpi\code\_scripts\fullScreen.ahk" 
 AutoHotkey.exe    2004        AutoHotkey    "C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\AutoHotkey.exe"  "C:\Documents and Settings\rpi\code\_scripts\hotkeys.ahk" 
  notepad++.exe    7476        Notepad++ : a free (GNU) source code editor    "C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe"
  FreeCommander.exe    4940        Freeware file manager for windows    "C:\Program Files\FreeCommander\FreeCommander.exe"
 procexp.exe    1872        Sysinternals Process Explorer    "C:\Program Files\ProcessExplorer\procexp.exe" 
 uTorrent.exe    3868        µTorrent    "C:\Program Files\uTorrent\uTorrent.exe" 
 slsk.exe    2260    0.77    SoulSeek    "C:\Program Files\SoulseekNS\slsk.exe" 
 firefox.exe    9548    2.31    Firefox    
 HiJackThis.exe    5156        HijackThis    "C:\Program Files\TrendMicro\HiJackThis\HiJackThis.exe" 
soffice.exe    676        OpenOffice.org 3.2    "C:\Program Files\OpenOffice.org 3\program\soffice.exe" -quickstart
 soffice.bin    816        OpenOffice.org 3.2    "C:\Program Files\OpenOffice.org 3\program\soffice.exe" "-quickstart" "-env:OOO_CWD=2C:\\Program Files\\OpenOffice.org 3\\program"
thunderbird.exe    5268    0.77    Thunderbird

I'll keep an eye on this thread, thanks!