I tried killing explorer and doing the install but ended up with problems. I
don't remember now exactly what I did but I think after uninstalling I was
able to re-install.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Matt Doran" <matt.doran@papercut.biz>
To: <dev@tortoisesvn.tigris.org>
Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 11:59 PM
Subject: Re: Cannot install current version due to active Windows Explorer
>
> Benjam wrote:
>> When I try to install the current version of TortoiseSVN in Vista, I get
>> an
>> error that it cannot continue because some files it needs to access are
>> in use
>> by Windows Explorer.
>> Unfortunately, as you may know, I cannot kill the Windows Explorer
>> process to
>> release those files to the install program lest I lose the ability to do
>> anything on the computer, which includes install the current version of
>> TortoiseSVN.
>>
>>
>>
> I had the same problem. I just killed the explorer process, completed the
> installation of TSVN, and then restarted "explorer.exe" using Task
> Manager's "New Task..." button.
>
> It's hardly a user friendly option though. :(
>
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