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New file-placement error: file held by another program

Placing a working file can now fail with WORKING_FILE_HELD: "another program holds the file"

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What

There is a new error, WORKING_FILE_HELD, for when a working file cannot be put in place. Its message is "another program holds the file".

Why

If you see this message, another program on your computer has the file open or locked. Closing that program is the likely way to free the file.

How sure we are
Something disagreesSomething we can check disagrees with this entry, or the writer said they could not settle it.
The writer flagged doubtThe finding does not say which feature places working files or when the error appears.

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