sensalim Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 I have a backup file from sql server (.bak) that is often being locked/used by a process called "save.exe". Sometimes this causes a problem because I need the sql job to delete old backups to free up space and when this fails, there is not enough space for most recent backup, causing the sql job to fail. There is a program called Unlocker that seems to work only with GUI -- it does have command line but using command line does not seem to unlock this file. I'm wondering if autoit can do the job (unlocking). Can anyone help? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
water Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 What does SAVE.EXE do? Is it a program written by you? This program locks the backup for good reason. So I think the best is to let the program that locks the file unlock it when it has finished processing. My UDFs and Tutorials: Spoiler UDFs:Active Directory (NEW 2022-02-19 - Version 1.6.1.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - WikiExcelChart (2017-07-21 - Version 0.4.0.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Example ScriptsOutlookEX (2021-11-16 - Version 1.7.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - WikiOutlookEX_GUI (2021-04-13 - Version 1.4.0.0) - DownloadOutlook Tools (2019-07-22 - Version 0.6.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - WikiPowerPoint (2021-08-31 - Version 1.5.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - WikiTask Scheduler (NEW 2022-07-28 - Version 1.6.0.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Wiki Standard UDFs:Excel - Example Scripts - WikiWord - Wiki Tutorials:ADO - WikiWebDriver - Wiki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sensalim Posted October 19, 2009 Author Share Posted October 19, 2009 The save.exe is by sql server. It locks it indefinitely (as far as I know). It's an old backup, I don't think killing the process "save.exe" is going to cause any harm to the whole system maybe to the .bak file it's locking but since it's old we don't care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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