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A sharing violation occurred while accessing .

  
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The file is in use by another application, or an invalid lock resides on the file.

 		  
   
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   Paint 

  
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   A sharing violation occurred while accessing path . 

  
Typical location
   C:\WINDOWS\system32\

  
Issued By
   mspaint.exe

  
OS
   Windows XP
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Type
   error 

    
Vendor
   Microsoft Corporation    
 
   
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Restart or reboot the system to clear the issue. The operation should work fine after the restart.

 
   
 
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  FaultWire Staff
Posted: 25-Mar-2010 		 
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Close Applications
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Close all running applications to see if it releases the file lock. Be sure to save any work in progress before closing each application.

 
   
 
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Posted: 25-Mar-2010 		 
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