Client stopped folding - Failed to rename GPUs.txt

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Client stopped folding - Failed to rename GPUs.txt

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If the client is the only thing using this file, how can the file be in use when only the client is trying to update it. V7.4.4 on Windows 7. And NO GPU slot installed. Unsupported GPU.

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14:53:45:Connecting to assign-GPU.stanford.edu:80
14:53:45:WARNING:Attempting to update GPUs.txt from assign-GPU.stanford.edu:80: Failed to rename 'GPUs.txt.bak' to 'GPUs.txt': The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.
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Re: Client stopped folding - Failed to rename GPUs.txt

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Conflicting anti virus software or something like this ?
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Re: Client stopped folding - Failed to rename GPUs.txt

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AV scans, disk defrags, etc. only lock a file briefly while running, and most modern versions don't even lock the files any more, they use shadow copies, etc.

This error repeated for almost an hour. I exited the client, and restarted. No more error. This is on a dedicated system, not used for daily tasks. Not something I can reproduce, so not something suitable for a bug ticket. Just documenting one occurrence, in hopes that it never happens again. If it does, then there is a problem and we can track it.
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