New File Created with CreateFileMapping() Returns ERROR_LOCK_VIOLATION

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This article was previously published under Q266749

SYMPTOMS

When you create a file with the CreateFileMapping function, you may receive an ERROR_LOCK_VIOLATION response.

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This error occurs if the NTFS Transaction log becomes full while you are creating the file mapping. Memory Manager is not waiting long enough for NTFS to flush the transaction log and returns the error, causing the function not to succeed.

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RESOLUTION

Service pack information

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 version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

   Date        Time    Version        Size     File name
   -----------------------------------------------------
   07/26/2000  08:02p  5.0.2195.2103  511,760  Ntfs.sys

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