I'm writing a piece of software that maintains files in a Git repository.
One of the executables I've written has one simple purpose: delete everything to do with the software. It is given to the user in a separate, completely unrelated Windows folder.
One of the folders it needs to delete contains a Git repository, i.e. it contains a hidden .git folder
Now here's the problem I'm having. When I'm on the PC itself looking at the file system I can find that folder, click on it, delete it .... and it's gone. Not a problem.
So I try to do the same thing in my assembly by calling System.IO.Directory.Delete on that folder.
Here is what I am finding:
Everything is removed from the folder, but the folder itself is still there
When I try to THEN manually delete the folder from Windows Explorer it gives me some Unauthorised Access message. I cannot delete it.
The only way to actually get rid of it is to then try RENAME the folder in Windows Explorer, at which point I once again get an Unauthorized Access message but wouldn't you know it.... the folder disappears.
What gives!?!? Why does a System.IO.Directory.Delete NOT do exactly the same thing as me going in through Windows Explorer and deleting the folder manually?
I have tried a number of things. For example I tried getting all the files in the directory and setting all their Attributes to Normal, and through all the folders and setting their Attributes to Directory And Not Hidden. Still no joy. I even tried using Process.Start to run a RMDIR folder /S /Q - which runs perfectly from a .bat file - but the same thing happens.
I do have TortoiseGit and all its dependencies installed in case that has anything to do with anything.... and the folder does have the green Tick on it to indicate that its content is all up to date.
So my question is:
Is there any way I can successfully delete a folder containing a Git repository though VB.NET?
I finally got to the bottom of this mysterious mystery.
The culprit is TortoiseGit
When I killed the TGitCache.exe process just before deleting the folder, everything worked perfectly.
Go figure.
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I deleted the file Form1.vb on folder/explorer because I accidentally created it under MyProject in the solutions explorer. but when I tried to rebuild it I'm having below error already.
Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression State
Error Unable to create a manifest resource name for "My Project\Form1.resx". Could not find file 'C:\Users......\My Project\Form1.vb'.
all data of files is stored in the solution itself, Go to Solution Explorer, Select the file
Either
1.) Right click the folder, Click Delete, Confirm Deletion Process if prompted.
2.) Left click the folder and hit the Delete key on your keyboard.
Do either of these will remove it from your solution and thus, the project. If you have folders being sync'd with git hub it will also update it this way, don't just straight up delete folders from the actual windows explorer though, this could cause pointer issues for reference.
I found the solution.
I created same file with same filename confirmed to replace this with the missing.
then added it again on "MyProject". Project -> Show All Files from the main menu.
I think what I needed was just the Project > show all files.
thank you to everyone who answered above it made me search for this
I recently put several old, yucky git directory structures into one new, clean structure in SVN, then pulled the entire SVN repository back out into a new, clean, local git repository. One IntelliJ project was so messed up I had to import the old IntelliJ project, which created a new .iml file having a better name, and deleted the old .iml file. I reconfigured everything, committed back into SVN, and verified other people could open the project and build.
Today I tried to edit a file for the first time in this project and got the message, "These files do not belong to the project". IntelliJ offers to unlock the file or all non-project files in the current session, but both options sound wrong. What have I done to myself, and how do I fix it?
This happened for me when I ignored the .idea/ files. Just do
rm -rf .idea/
And then File -> Invalidate Caches/Restart -> Invalidate And Restart.
I figured out the problem. The file was still open from before all the shuffling, and was apparently pointing at the original file in its original location! I closed the editor and reopened the file from the project tree without a problem. I hope this helps someone else someday.
From File-> Repair IDE -> Rescan Project Indexes -> Reopen Project worked for me.
Had same problem on Ubuntu (Webstorm), got answer from Intellij.
There are no content roots in your project, so all your files are
treated as non-project files. As I wrote your .idea files are likely
broken, the .iml file and/or modules.xml are either missing or
corrupted. Deleting and re-creating .idea folder should help:
-close the project
-remove it from Recent projects list
-shut down the IDE
-delete the .idea folder
-restart, open the project root folder with File > Open
https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/requests/3779670?page=1
This also happened for me when I opened the project through a symlink (parent directory) or when the python interpreter was inside a symlink directory (because of virtualenv).
Reopening through the original directory tree (after fighting hard with the IDE to forget its beloved project settings), solved the issue.
It's probably listed in one of the XML config files in .idea/*.xml.
Just do a find of that folder for the name of the file in question, and remove the entry for it from the XML.
Mine was listed in .idea/workspace.xml within the following node: <component name="TypeScriptGeneratedFilesManager">.
I removed the option, then invalidated caches and restarted, and now the file is marked as a standard, non-generated file again. This way you can keep all your settings without exporting them and importing them.
Similar issue with WebStorm. The difference was I had to shutdown the IDE completely and then remove .idea folder
rm -rf .idea
I tried doing it with the IDE open and going to file File -> Invalidate Caches but that did not fix the problem for me.
Same problem. File was considered not part of the project even if I deleted it and created a new one with the same name.
To fix,I highlighted the project node in the left panel, selected "File/Invalidate caches and restart" from the top menu.
After the restart I had to set my file as a JS file (right click, set as JavaScript), close and reopen the project. All fixed.
For me the above did not help. I ended up going Project Structure -> Modules -> + at the top narrow middle column -> browsed through files to select the Project Folder -> apply -> ok -> all is done and working correctly.
My problem was much simpler than expected: I was trying to run a Jupyter notebook and got the error - because it was inside a folder that was marked "excluded" in the project structure.
Simply moving the notebook out of the excluded folder solved my problem.
In my case it was auto-generated .gitignore, I had entries like:
### npm ###
node
node_modules
frontend-dest
data/
And in project files I had java package called like com.company.test.data which matched last pattern. I strongly recommend to check it before removing .idea/ files and invalidating cache.
This warning is an IDE issue that Android Studio cannot recognise the current directory if it does not include any source files.
So, adding am empty source file, e.g empty_xxx.c under the directory in question and adding below line in CMakeList.txt
add_library(${TARGET_NAME_XXX} SHARED ${SOME_DIR_HAVING_THIS_WARNING}/empty_xxx.c)
will help get rid of this warning.
In my case the above methods didn't help, I just deleted .idea file in project and reset the Jetbrain IDE to default settings and it worked normally.
NB: You will loose all your settings and plugins, but if you don't mind this might help as the last resort like in my case.
I am using Jetbrain,
make sure to include all project files in the project. Use Settings -> project structure.
PyCharm > Preferences > Project > Project Structure > Add Content Root
Somehow PyCharm lost the project root directory in my case
For me it was because I had moved a project to wsl by copying the files from wsl to windows. When I switched branches the file must've been open from before and was the windows version of it and not the wsl one.
I noticed this finally by looking on top of the file tab and seeing the path as C:\User...\filename instead of \\wsl$....\filename.
Close your JetBrains IDE, then open a Terminal window and navigate to your project's root folder, and run these 2 commands:
rm -rf .idea
and then
rm -rf .git
NOTE: you'll probably have to connect your project back to your git repository, so if you have any uncommitted changes make sure to commit and push them beforehand to avoid losing them.
I have a rather bizarre issue with an SSIS package I have. After processing some files within a Directory I am removing the Directory so my For Each Loop doesn't process the same files again.
It fails to Delete the Directory but yet leaves it in the folder and then tells me I do not have access to this folder, I cannot take ownership of it or even move it to another directory.
I have even tried a VB.NET Script tasks to try and remove it and I get the same result.
A reboot of the server makes the folder disappear - has anyone experienced this before.
Regards,
JML
Sounds like the directory is "in use" still but with the deletion pending. When you reboot, the lock on the directory is cleared and the deletion completes. The discussion at
try ing to move a file "The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process."
may be helpful.
I'm getting this error when trying to save a file in Xcode 4:
"The document could not be saved. You don’t have permission. To view or change permissions, select the item in the Finder and choose File > Get Info."
Naturally, saving the file in TextMate works fine. Permissions: -rw-r--r--
Nothing changed from when it worked the last time.
Files are not locked, I tried rebooting, disk space is ok, files are on a local drive, error was googled. Any ideas?
Thanks.
Update: Also tried copying the files or renaming them. Directories are not locked. By the way, when I edited project configuration in Xcode it saves fine, I only met with the issue saving .m/.h files. I guess that copying the actual text in the files would work but I'm trying to find a bit less hardcore solution (bash script wouldn't be the issue but there could be other problems). It's not the simplest project either (~70 files, edited config).
Update 2: Found possible duplicate, doesn't really resolve the problem Unable to unlock file for editing in Xcode 4?
Update 3: Checked out earlier commit and when opening Xcode it said the project is locked. Checked out the same commit again and the error does not appear again (all files exc. DS_Store are tracked). What.
Update 4: I created a new user and set chmod -R 777 to the project directory. Editing now works fine. However I can't get it to work under my main account (I have all my preferences here.)
Rebooting fixed the error in my case.
Fixed by changing account name by following this guide. This essentialy creates a new account but with your old Home directory and within the process of transferring it fixes some file permissions.
(From above link:)
For Mac OS X v10.5 or later (do this twice if you want to keep your original username)
:
Enable the root user.
Log in as root.
Navigate to the /Users folder.
Select the Home folder with the short name you want to change, and rename it just like you would rename any folder. Keep in mind that the shortname must be all lowercase, with no spaces, and only contain letters.
Use the Users & Groups pane (Accounts pane in Mac OS X v10.6.8 or earlier) in System Preferences to create a new user with the Account name or Short Name that you used in the previous step.
Click OK when "A folder in the Users folder already has the name 'account name'. Would you like to use that folder as the Home folder for this user account?" Note: This will correct the ownership of all files in the Home folder, and avoid permissions issues with the contents.
Choose Log Out from the Apple menu.
Log in as the newly created user. You should be able to access all of your original files (on the desktop, in Documents, and in the other folders of this Home).
After verifying that your data is as expected, you can delete the original user account via the Users & Groups pane (Accounts pane in Mac OS X v10.6.8 or earlier).
Disable the root user.
Xcode 6 update: still seeing this problem.
Seems like an Xcode bug, because opening the file by clicking the error in the Issue navigator causes this problem, but if I open the file using the cmd+shift+O shortcut I am able to edit and save it. So for me the workaround is to not open the file by selecting the error and to open it using the Project navigator or Open quickly shortcut.
I upgraded to Lion and downloaded the new Xcode and found the same problem and found nothing to help, losing about three days trying to fix it. Then I realized that the Xcode 4, which is saved in the Applications folder, doesn't overwrite Xcode 3, which is in the Developer folder. When I was opening Xcode, I was opening version 3, not 4.
Make sure you're opening the right version.
open up the terminal and set
chmod 777
to the desired file or set
chmod -R 777
to the desired directory.
it should solve your problem
I just ran into this issue also. I was not able to fix it not by changing the permissions of the individual project file or folder. However, I was able to fix it by going into 'get info' on my user's home folder, reselecting the 'Read & Write' permissions for my user, and then clicking the gear->'apply to enclosed items'. Took it a while but then everything worked as expected. Hope it helps someone else.
This maybe helpful If you use CocoaPods: https://stackoverflow.com/a/38885499/3395008
I'm running Xcode 7.3 and CocoaPods 1.0.0. and this happens when trying to modify a file from a pod added as a development pod (i.e. from a local directory).
I just pod update again, when pod finished, Xcode will show an alert "The document has previously unsaved changes.", then click "Re-Save". that fix my issue.
I Had the same problem with actual swiftUI.
Solved the Problem easy:
Copy and paste the content from .swift-file to a word-document
Delete the swift-file
Close Xcode and reboot Hardware
New .swift-file in XCode and paste code from word-document
cmd+B ... cmd+r
I used to encounter the same problem several times, last time it was on Xcode 12.4
It seems like a bug for me, because it tells that some private file is modified despite I don't have any permissions to do so even if I want. Force quitting and relaunching the Xcode always helped before.
I have an Air app that was published as a native installer. If the user uninstalls the program it doesn't remove the folder that it was installed in. Then when the user tries to install again, it will throw an error saying that folder already exists.
ie if the program is C:/program files/my app/{contents here}
it removes the {contents here} but leaves the /my app directory.
Is there a way to make sure that folder is removed at uninstall time?
I don't think there's a way of forcing the uninstaller to delete the folder, but the reason it's not deleted is because it contains files that were not put there by the original installation. If, for exemple, you saved user profiles in your installation folder hierarchy, it won't be deleted.
You can't make sure the user won't put any files there, but at least you can avoid writing any file/folder in your installation folder from your app. Instead, use application storage folder (File.applicationStorageDirectory). You can also easily create new folders there with File.applicationStorageDirectory.resolvePath("exemple");