[tor-bugs] #2077 [Tor Client]: Tor crashes in Vidalia 0.2.2.17a-0.2.10

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#2077: Tor crashes in Vidalia 0.2.2.17a-0.2.10
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 Reporter:  joebt               |        Type:  defect    
   Status:  needs_review        |    Priority:  normal    
Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.2.x-final  |   Component:  Tor Client
  Version:                      |    Keywords:  Tor,      
   Parent:                      |  
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Comment(by nickm):

 doorss has been doing some interesting research here.  There seem to be
 well-known issues related to bugs in Windows Vista and later:

 http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7files/thread/
 381e9f29-50a5-4fa3-b9f2-7b3389293063

 http://stackoverflow.com/questions/153257/random-movefileex-fail
 ures-on-vista-access-denied-looks-like-caused-by-search-i

 {{{
 17:57 < doorss> I think it's about http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-
 us/library/aa363
 858(v=vs.85).aspx
 17:58 < doorss> missed FILE_SHARE_DELETE for CreateFile, thats how indexer
 or an
 other process can "lock" renaming of Tor's files.
 }}}

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