Intermittent Error 1521: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.

Roger Brooks 1 Reputation point
2021-01-14T19:29:09.053+00:00

I have a small AD domain with Windows 10 Pro x64 and Windows 8.1 Pro x64 clients. The clients experience intermittent failure to load their roaming profiles as discussed in great length in this over five-year-old thread:

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/ba54df5f-4356-4cee-b724-303aaad51266/file-locks-persisting-after-shutdownrestart-causes-serious-roaming-profile-redirected-folder?forum=win10itprogeneral

Why is this still a problem five years later?

What can I do to prevent this?

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  1. Thameur-BOURBITA 33,006 Reputation points
    2021-01-14T21:53:54.683+00:00

    Hi,

    To get more efficient answers from workstation specialist , I invite to ask this question on Windows 10 forum.

    Please don't forget to mark helpful reply as answer

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