Invalid File Handle Error Messages When You Use Remote Files and a Sharing Violation Occurs

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This article was previously published under Q284247

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SYMPTOMS

When multiple users try to access the same file and file open attributes are not set to allow sharing, the file may be closed out from under a thread that successfully opened the file. When this occurs, the thread tries to access the file with a file handle of 0xFFFF. There error returned to the program is error 6, which maps to ERROR_INVALID_HANDLE.

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CAUSE

This problem occurs because there is a problem with the sharing violation error path. The error path should close the file in an environment where there is contention for a file.

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RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/260910/EN-US/ ) How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

The English-language version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

   Date        Time      Version        Size     File name
   --------------------------------------------------------
    2/2/2001  06:44p   5.0.2195.3222   368,816   Mrxsmb.sys
    2/2/2001  06:44p   5.0.2195.3222   130,992   Rdbss.sys

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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 3.

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MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about how to obtain a hotfix for Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

265173 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/265173/EN-US/ ) The Datacenter Program and Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Product

For additional information about how to install multiple hotfixes with only one reboot, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

296861 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/296861/EN-US/ ) Use QChain.exe to Install Multiple Hotfixes with One Reboot

For additional information about how to install Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 hotfixes at the same time, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

249149 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/249149/EN-US/ ) Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Hotfixes

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