FIX: MoveFileEx Deletes the File Being Renamed
Article ID: 193070
Article Last Modified on 11/21/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Win32 Application Programming Interface, when used with:
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q193070
SYMPTOMS
If you call MoveFileEx with the MOVEFILE_REPLACE_EXISTING flag to rename a
file to the same, current name or to a name that only differs in case,
MoveFileEx might fail with error 2 (ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND) and delete the
file.
This only happens when you get access to the file using a UNC path name or
through a mapped drive.
RESOLUTION
Use MoveFileEx to rename the file to a different, temporary name and then
rename the file back to the original name with the correct case.
STATUS
The problem has been fixed in Windows 2000.
Keywords: kbapi kbbug kbfileio kbfix kbkernbase KB193070