Mail Archives: cygwin/2005/09/13/06:03:38
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>From: James R. Phillips
>Sent: 12 September 2005 19:30
Sorry that this is off-topic, but it comes up often enough in the context
of this general discussion to be worth mentioning.
> I've also seen badly behaving windows programs, which refuse to "let go"
> of a directory once they have used a file in it, until the program is
> explicitly closed. This is most annoying, as you have to keep closing
> program windows until suddenly you guess right, the directory is freed,
> and can be deleted.
This behaviour is in fact caused by the common controls library,
particularly the open file dialog. It seems to keep a handle on the last
directory in which you opened a file. It's not enough to select file->open
and then browse it to a new directory and cancel; you actually need to open
a file from there. (Or exit the program, as you mention). This problem can
be a right pain when the application in question is a system tray tool and
even worse when it's explorer itself that is keeping the dir open...
cheers,
DaveK
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