Bug
The Visual C++ 6.0 IDE pops up a message saying "Cannot save file. The file may be in use by another application." about 50% of the time when I try to save a file. The save then fails, but I can try again and it succeeds.
I also found out by accident that when the message comes up, the file is or has been deleted, so I must successfully save after or I lose the file.
Conditions
This happens in single and multiproject workspaces.
This bug has been with me through hard drive formats, so I don''t think a reinstall will help
Regarding the files, yes I have read/write permissions. No, they''re not open by any other program. No, the read attribute is not set. No, the partition is not locked. Yes, my hard drive appears to be working.
System Info
Visual C++ 6.0
Service Pack 5
Windows 2000 Pro
Service Pack 2
Using NTFS
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Has anyone else experienced this?
This doesn''t happen in any other program, only the Visual C++ 6 IDE. I can''t remember if I''ve experienced this anywhere else, so it might be some weird combination of stuff that I''ve installed.
I lost a winsock interface file I had just spent a couple hours writing and debugging, and the bug is starting to annoy me very much. I have a habit of pressing Ctrl+Shift+S (mapped to Save-All) after making any change because VC++ has crashed at very inconvenient times for me.
