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How do you resolve "Failed to delete" error during Buildtoolkit upgrade?


Melissa Kivisto (2871021) | asked Oct 19 '15, 3:17 p.m.
I received the following error while trying to upgrade my Build Toolkit via Installation Manager:

Failed to delete C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\TeamConcertBuild\buildsystem\buildtoolkit\apache-mime4j-0.6.jar

How can I resolve this?

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Melissa Kivisto (2871021) | answered Oct 19 '15, 3:20 p.m.
For some reason, Installation Manager cannot delete the file.  Check that
- you are running IM as Administrator
- there is nothing indicated in the Properties that would prevent IM from deleting
- there is not a build engine running

If neither of those are helpful, try rebooting the machine, as their may be some OS (Windows) lock on the file.

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