[Python-Dev] fixing tests on windows (original) (raw)

Terry Reedy tjreedy at udel.edu
Thu Apr 3 23:09:35 CEST 2008

"Tim Golden" <mail at timgolden.me.uk> wrote in message news:47F4DE23.3020202 at timgolden.me.uk... | [re tests which fail because something's holding a file | open with SHAREDELETE]

There are a couple of things one can do in a directory's Properties box (right click) to reduce interference.

Under General/Advanced, uncheck 'allow Indexing Service' and click Yes to recursively apply to subdirs and files.
Under Sharing, check 'Make private'. This is recursive, but only works for dirs under My Documents or on Desktop. This would be most useful, I think, if buildbots run as a separate user. Have these already been done?

tjr