[Virtualacorn-list] Windows 8.1 External drives

[T.O.M.S.]

On Tue Aug 12 14:27:01 BST 2014 , Brian Jordan brian.jordan9 at 
btinternet.com sayeth:

> I repeatedly get an error box headed "Moving files" and
> an error message "Error when renaming HostFS::VA......."
> and an access violation message.

I dunno about Windows 8, but an 'access violation' message in similar 
circumstances under Windows XP is usually an indication that the 
file/folder has become Read-only (under Windows).

I don't think this can be changed within VirtualRPC. Neither Protected 
nor Unprotected under Access is ticked and selecting Unprotected has 
no effect.

However, normally you can delete the relevant file or folder under 
Windows, without complaint from the system. Does this work on your 
machine? And, if so (although a bit of a pain), is that an acceptable 
workaround? HTH.

Alex Hamilton
pp T.O.M.S.