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Error FileAccessDenied (JET_errFileAccessDenied …)

I ran into the following message when running an operation on one of my Exchange databases: Operation terminated with error -1032 (JET_errFileAccessDenied, Cannot access file, the file is locked or in use) after 10.79 seconds.

The operation’s I was attempting was an integrity check on a database (ESEUTIL /G database_filename.edb). When this failed with the error above. I verified that the database was dismounted and that my antivirus scanner was not locking the file.

It took me a little bit of time but I soon released that the temp file for the database would be on my system volume which did not have the space required to run this operation.

That said I ran the command again; this time specifying a location for the temp file. That command looks something like this:

ESEUTIL /G database_filename.edb /TE:\Mailbox\Temp\thisismytempfile.edb

Please note that there is no space used after the command switch /T

For more info on the ESEUTIL: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/192185