Can rename folder windows 7

I know that no one else on the network has this folder or any of its files open. All I can tell is the folder is associated with explorer. I've also turned off preview panes as suggested, and that worked for a few of the folders I was trying to rename, but there are still a handful more that won't work. Tuesday, September 16, PM. Monday, September 22, PM. Wednesday, September 24, PM. Sure maybe it'll work in an hour or something.. Renaming folders is such a common thing to do - this bug needs to be fixed.

Hi Have a look at this Microsoft KB article at support. Wednesday, October 22, PM. I had a similar problem though none of those solutions worked. It was very frustrating. I did have luck though with a 3rd party unlocker. I used lockhunter because when I scanned it it didn't have any viruses that could be detected. Turns out Windows Media Player was keeping it from being renamed. Hope this helps, I just spent the last hour trying to figure out a solution.

I agree microsoft should fix this error. Also I don't have an enterprise version of windows 7 so I couldn't use the above solution. Tuesday, November 4, PM. Wednesday, December 10, PM. Friday, March 20, AM. This topic was posted in Why is this still happening?

I should not have to have programming knowledge to rename a G-D folder. This is ridiculous. Monday, May 4, AM. It's really unfortunate that this bug is still appearing. Hope this helps someone who can't resolve with other proposed methods. Monday, May 11, PM. Thank you for this. This worked for me. Having to race against the clock to rename a folder is completely ridiculous though. Tuesday, May 12, AM. My simple fix in this instance was to remove the USB device.

Wednesday, September 23, AM. I know this thread is old, but I ran across it in my search for answers. The only other program running was Chrome. When I closed Chrome, I could rename my folder. Is Chrome snooping at what I'm working on?

Another question to search Monday, February 8, PM. Not Chrome for me unfortunately and other fixes Preview pane, A rticle , WMP, etc don't seem to work either, nor restarting Explorer which I thought might have worked, not even closing my other networked PC which had been working on the folder I was trying to rename. Very annoying.

Saturday, March 26, AM. Actually, in my case even after reloading Windows 7 I was getting the error but I did a delete on the thumbs. Monday, March 28, PM. Worked for me! Sunday, May 15, PM. It worked for me. Monday, May 30, AM. With me, the fix was setting the local admin group of the file server as owner of the directory. Problem was instantly solved. Monday, July 4, PM. This is the best and easiest solution. Monday, August 8, PM. I logged into the file server and went to start,run, typed MMC.

Any way I simply right clicked and closed the files and was able to rename the folder. Not sure if this is the same issue but hope it helps someone! Wednesday, September 28, PM. Dear Corber22, Thanks for the simple and straight answer.

My issue got resolved with solution All others are just saying the common areas to look for the problem. BR SMT. Tuesday, October 4, PM. That did the trick. I've been fighting with this issue for years, tried deleting temporary files. There should be a small pause between the selection click and the click on the name. Finally, there is a third way. Simply select the file and press F2.

Windows 7 also features a way to rename a group of file or folders. Here is how it works. First, a user should select in Explorer all files and folder he needs to rename using Shift and Ctrl buttons. Then he should open an edit box with one of the methods described above, and type a new name.

After the changes have been applied, Windows 7 automatically assigns the chosen name to all selected objects adding a sequence number in parentheses to avoid files with duplicate file name and extension. Quickly upload only new or changed file using multipart uploads and concurrent threads. Create custom batch scripts, list Amazon S3 files or entire folders, filter them with conditions, query, change object metadata and ACLs and much more.

Free day trial available. Skip to content. Click on the Rename option. Type the new file name. Dec 28, Let the Renaming Begin Now that you have PowerToys installed, renaming a bunch of files is as easy as a right-click menu choice. First, locate the files that you want to rename in File Explorer or on the desktop and select them. If you're the owner of a shared folder in your work Dropbox and you want to move it to your personal Dropbox, first take a look at the folder's settings: Click All files in the left sidebar.

Hover over the name of the folder and click the share icon person. Click the gear icon. Check the setting, Folder membership. If it shows 'Anyone', you can move the shared folder to your personal Dropbox without a problem. If it shows 'Only team members', moving the folder to your personal Dropbox will break your membership in the folder, and you'll have only a non-shared copy of it in your personal Dropbox.

Copying a shared folder Copying a shared folder from one Dropbox to another will have no effect on your membership in the folder. How to rename a shared folder for all members Unshare the folder. Rename the folder. Reshare the renamed folder.