From: "Rich" 

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   My guess is that there is some orphaned process, maybe one of the =
installers or uninstallers that is holding on to a critical file.  This =
would not be as high on my list if you have restarted the computer after =
uninstalling the other sites.

   Where are you seeing this error that it has no error number?  Is this =
in the IIS MMC?  Did you look in the event log?

Rich

  "David Blair"  wrote in message =
news:414456d2$1{at}w3.nls.net...
  I ad a number of websites on my IIS server, and they suddenly quit =
working.=20
  I do not know or recall any changes which should have caused this =
(notice=20
  this is NOT saying I made none- simply I have been fighting this =
problem for=20
  a while and don't recall what changes I may have made.)

  I've removed via uninstall (they were installed packages) all the =
sites=20
  there, and still received this error"

  "The process cannot access the file because it is being used by =
another=20
  process."

  And the default website is stopped. I cannot start it.

  There is no indication what file it complains about, there is nothing =
in the=20
  even viewer logs, and no error number that I can use as a reference. =
I've=20
  tried things I found in Googling the error message but to no avail.

  Suggestions?

  I am NOT much more than of cursory acquaintance with IIS.


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   My guess
is that there is =
some=20
orphaned process, maybe one of the installers or uninstallers that is = holding on=20
to a critical file.  This would not be as high on my list if you = have=20
restarted the computer after uninstalling the other sites.
 
   Where are
you seeing this =
error that=20
it has no error number?  Is this in the IIS MMC?  Did you
look = in the=20
event log?
 
Rich
 

  "David Blair" <drb{at}u-spam-u-die.com>">mailto:drb{at}u-spam-u-die.com">drb{at}u-spam-u-die.com>
=
wrote in=20
  message news:414456d2$1{at}w3.nls.net...I ad=20
  a number of websites on my IIS server, and they suddenly quit working. =
I=20
  do not know or recall any changes which should have caused this =
(notice=20
  this is NOT saying I made none- simply I have been fighting this =
problem=20
  for a while and don't recall what changes I may have =
made.)I've=20
  removed via uninstall (they were installed packages) all the sites =
there,=20
  and still received this error""The process
cannot access the =
file=20
  because it is being used by another
process."And the =
default=20
  website is stopped. I cannot start it.There is no indication =
what file=20
  it complains about, there is nothing in the even viewer logs, and =
no error=20
  number that I can use as a reference. I've tried things I found in =

  Googling the error message but to no =
avail.Suggestions?I am=20
  NOT much more than of cursory acquaintance with=20
IIS.

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