File xyz is locked by other programm

[SD-6]

Hi,

i'm getting this error, when i try to download a single 4 Gb big File. The download is complete but the decoding won't start.

I searched through the forum and tried the solution to exclude the altbinz folder in my Anti Virus Programm. I did that but it didn't work. I'm still getting this locked error in the Log.

Is there any solution for this problem? Thx!

I'm using the latest version.

Bye SD-6

[cr4zyfr4g]

ok first of all read this: https://www.altbinz.net/wiki/Problem_Solving#My_files_are_stuck_with_status_.22decoding.22._What_can_i_do.3F

if i understand you correct it is a single file with ~4GB size?

if your HDD is FAT32 formated, maximum files size is 4GB. alt.binz can't create the file if it is bigger. you can try changing the download path to a HDD which is formated in NTFS

Also it would be nice to have the exact message from the log (you can change the filename of course)

[SD-6]

Hi,

i have NTFS Filesystem so this can't be the problem

I'm getting this message in the log:

[27.09.2008 17:08:50] [Dec] File C:\temp\43cc58166f8c5c853f954b46dd9b7652\part.1 is locked by another program!
[27.09.2008 17:08:50] [Dec] Retrying in 5 seconds

All other downloads are working perfect. Only this big 4,3GB File is not.


BYE
SD-6

[cr4zyfr4g]

maybe your anti virus or firewall or some other program is accesing that files so alt.binz can't modiefy it.

have you tried restarting alt.binz and/or your computer?

[SD-6]

yes i tried that. as i sad it's only on that file.

[Hecks]

Well, this is a mystery.  In any case, why not try this unlocking tool (I use it quite a bit):

http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/

Alt.Binz sometimes has a habit of holding on to unrared files, so you can't move/delete them in Explorer without restarting/using Unlocker, but that's not your problem, so who knows ...

[SD-6]

Hi,

i tried the Unlocker but the tools says that nothing is locked

[therealjoeblow]

If you know all of the temp parts have been downloaded and are stored waiting to decode, but A/B can't decode them for whatever reason, then use a stand alone decoder.  The best one I've ever used is called UUD32win by Mark Spankus.  It's freeware available from:

http://www.marks-lab.com/

Just drag/drop your temp files onto it, let it assemble the pices, and then hit the "Extract" button.

Cheers,
The REAL Joe

[kurioso]

Hi,
Did you fix your problem? (in case of Yes, how?)
Cheers,

[streg]

I had a similar problem. I have downloaded one big 4.5GB iso-file. It is just an iso file, no rar's included.

AB = 0.25.0, OS-filesystem=NTFS on WinXP.

After downloading AB just wrote Decoding but nothing happend at all. I did try to exclude the AB's temp-path in my McAfee Antivirus but that did not change anything.

In AB's temp folder was 12192 small files (4.5GB total).

In the log was this message:
[09-11-2008 11:53:43] [Dec] File C:\Programmer\AltBinz\temp\\357d4969b240d5dfed0b014eeb8b9af3\part.1 is locked by another program!
[09-11-2008 11:53:43] [Dec] Retrying in 5 seconds

Note the double \ in the path, this looks strange to me.

I tried various tell-me-who-locked-this-file applications but all of them said the file was not locked. I could also move the entire temp-folder without problem, so I dont think the file actually was locked.

Rebooting and/or changing download-path and downloading the file again to g:\temp did not change anything.

I tried the UUD32 application, dropping all the small tempfiles into UUD32, and that helped    Now I could extract the iso file from UUD32.

UUD32 did the trick, so I am happy.
I just dont know why AB couldn't do it itself

/streg

[dsfn]

Really too bad you need a 3rd party program to decode files downloaded with Alt.Binz if file is above 4GB.
Other than that its a good freeware program.

[chewie4u]

Abz usually decodes >4Gb files perfectly fine. Shit happens.
Don't spread FUD, k thx.

[Rdl]

Fixed