Unable to rename or delete VI file

[MogaRaghu]

I dont use SCC as the company has only licence for Full Development System.

Also we are only two people working on LV software and till date we have managed to have a a reasonably good documented change note file for every project. Maybe it takes time but still we carry on. We have even successfully did changes to software delivered 9 years back. So I guess the method we follow is ok for our kind of size. Delivering software is not my company's core buisness - its a value addition we do for some projects.

Going by what transpired till now, we seem to agree that there is no need to move or rename a file outside the project environs. I fully agree to this and would be stupid to do it anyway - but then there are times when I simply dont want to see the project folder on my desktop and would like to delete it. And that is where my woes start.

If there are any specific pointers to this as to why LV does not allow me to do so even when its not "visibly" running was my original question.

[P@Anand]

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[MogaRaghu · Accepted solution]

OK I have found out the secret to be able to rename a VI even after closing the LV2012 application.

Just Refresh the desktop after the LV2012 app shuts down and you can now do whatever you want to do with that VI.

[billko]

Windows is weird like that.  I know that sometimes you have to do that with a folder in order to modify it or anything in it, and the desktop is just another folder so I guess the same thing applies.  (Shrug)

[Yamaeda]

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@billko wrote:

Windows is weird like that.  I know that sometimes you have to do that with a folder in order to modify it or anything in it, and the desktop is just another folder so I guess the same thing applies.  (Shrug)

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Usually such a lock releases 5-10 secs after the program is closed for me, i guess it's a optimization from MS to not check file locks all too often.

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