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[Jimmyouyang]

Why is this error pop out so many times while I was folding, is there anything wrong with my laptop?

This was one of the example
07:55:27:WU00:FS00:Final credit estimate, 3635.00 points
07:55:27:WU00:FS00:Cleaning up
07:55:27:ERROR:WU00:FS00:Exception: Failed to remove directory './work/00': boost::filesystem::remove: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process: ".\work\00\logfile_01-20170504-000549.txt"
07:55:27:WU00:FS00:Cleaning up
07:55:27:ERROR:WU00:FS00:Exception: Failed to remove directory './work/00': boost::filesystem::remove: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process: ".\work\00\logfile_01-20170504-224122.txt"
07:56:27:WU00:FS00:Cleaning up
07:56:27:ERROR:WU00:FS00:Exception: Failed to remove directory './work/00': boost::filesystem::remove: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process: ".\work\00\logfile_01-20170506-003917.txt"
07:58:05:WU00:FS00:Cleaning up

[bruce]

Do you run a program which examines data in the work sub-directory? The most common cause of this error is if you've opened one of FAH's work files. When a WU finishes, FAHClient cannot clean up old files if you're looking at the file.

[Joe_H]

An additional cause can be improper installation of the folding client which places components into the wrong directories. Then the client does not have the permissions needed to cleanup files. If you could post the first 100 or so lines of your log file, that would be useful.

[Jimmyouyang]

An additional cause can be improper installation of the folding client which places components into the wrong directories. Then the client does not have the permissions needed to cleanup files. If you could post the first 100 or so lines of your log file, that would be useful.

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*********************** Log Started 2017-05-06T04:54:46Z ***********************
04:54:46:************************* Folding@home Client *************************
04:54:46:      Website: http://folding.stanford.edu/
04:54:46:    Copyright: (c) 2009-2014 Stanford University
04:54:46:       Author: Joseph Coffland <[email protected]>
04:54:46:         Args: 
04:54:46:       Config: C:/Users/szyan/AppData/Roaming/FAHClient/config.xml
04:54:46:******************************** Build ********************************
04:54:46:      Version: 7.4.4
04:54:46:         Date: Mar 4 2014
04:54:46:         Time: 20:26:54
04:54:46:      SVN Rev: 4130
04:54:46:       Branch: fah/trunk/client
04:54:46:     Compiler: Intel(R) C++ MSVC 1500 mode 1200
04:54:46:      Options: /TP /nologo /EHa /Qdiag-disable:4297,4103,1786,279 /Ox -arch:SSE
04:54:46:               /QaxSSE2,SSE3,SSSE3,SSE4.1,SSE4.2 /Qopenmp /Qrestrict /MT /Qmkl
04:54:46:     Platform: win32 XP
04:54:46:         Bits: 32
04:54:46:         Mode: Release
04:54:46:******************************* System ********************************
04:54:46:          CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-4030U CPU @ 1.90GHz
04:54:46:       CPU ID: GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 69 Stepping 1
04:54:46:         CPUs: 4
04:54:46:       Memory: 3.92GiB
04:54:46:  Free Memory: 2.21GiB
04:54:46:      Threads: WINDOWS_THREADS
04:54:46:   OS Version: 6.2
04:54:46:  Has Battery: true
04:54:46:   On Battery: false
04:54:46:   UTC Offset: -7
04:54:46:          PID: 17676
04:54:46:          CWD: C:/Users/szyan/AppData/Roaming/FAHClient
04:54:46:           OS: Windows 10 Home
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04:54:46:         GPUs: 0
04:54:46:         CUDA: Not detected
04:54:46:Win32 Service: false
04:54:46:***********************************************************************
04:54:46:<config>
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04:54:46:  <proxy v=':8080'/>
04:54:46:
04:54:46:  <!-- Slot Control -->
04:54:46:  <power v='full'/>
04:54:46:
04:54:46:  <!-- User Information -->
04:54:46:  <passkey v='********************************'/>
04:54:46:  <team v='231300'/>
04:54:46:  <user v='jimmyouyang'/>
04:54:46:
04:54:46:  <!-- Folding Slots -->
04:54:46:  <slot id='0' type='CPU'>
04:54:46:    <paused v='true'/>
04:54:46:  </slot>
04:54:46:</config>
04:54:46:Trying to access database...
04:54:49:Successfully acquired database lock
04:54:49:Enabled folding slot 00: PAUSED cpu:4 (by user)
04:55:17:FS00:Unpaused
04:55:17:WU00:FS00:Starting
04:55:17:WU00:FS00:Running FahCore: "C:\Program Files (x86)\FAHClient/FAHCoreWrapper.exe" C:/Users/szyan/AppData/Roaming/FAHClient/cores/fahwebx.stanford.edu/cores/Win32/AMD64/Core_a4.fah/FahCore_a4.exe -dir 00 -suffix 01 -version 704 -lifeline 17676 -checkpoint 15 -np 4
04:55:18:WU00:FS00:Started FahCore on PID 26036
04:55:19:WU00:FS00:Core PID:9524
04:55:19:WU00:FS00:FahCore 0xa4 started
04:55:20:WU00:FS00:0xa4:
04:55:20:WU00:FS00:0xa4:*------------------------------*
04:55:20:WU00:FS00:0xa4:Folding@Home Gromacs GB Core
04:55:20:WU00:FS00:0xa4:Version 2.27 (Dec. 15, 2010)
04:55:20:WU00:FS00:0xa4:
04:55:20:WU00:FS00:0xa4:Preparing to commence simulation
04:55:20:WU00:FS00:0xa4:- Looking at optimizations...
04:55:20:WU00:FS00:0xa4:- Files status OK
04:55:20:WU00:FS00:0xa4:- Expanded 817488 -> 1926548 (decompressed 235.6 percent)
04:55:20:WU00:FS00:0xa4:Called DecompressByteArray: compressed_data_size=817488 data_size=1926548, decompressed_data_size=1926548 diff=0
04:55:20:WU00:FS00:0xa4:- Digital signature verified
04:55:20:WU00:FS00:0xa4:
04:55:20:WU00:FS00:0xa4:Project: 8698 (Run 0, Clone 242, Gen 5)
04:55:20:WU00:FS00:0xa4:
04:55:20:WU00:FS00:0xa4:Assembly optimizations on if available.
04:55:20:WU00:FS00:0xa4:Entering M.D.
04:55:26:WU00:FS00:0xa4:Using Gromacs checkpoints
04:55:26:WU00:FS00:0xa4:Mapping NT from 4 to 4 
04:55:32:WU00:FS00:0xa4:Resuming from checkpoint
04:55:32:WU00:FS00:0xa4:Verified 00/wudata_01.log
04:55:38:WU00:FS00:0xa4:Verified 00/wudata_01.trr
04:55:40:WU00:FS00:0xa4:Verified 00/wudata_01.xtc
04:55:40:WU00:FS00:0xa4:Verified 00/wudata_01.edr
04:55:40:WU00:FS00:0xa4:Completed 2331190 out of 2500000 steps  (93%)
04:55:50:Saving configuration to config.xml
04:55:50:<config>
04:55:50:  <!-- Network -->
04:55:50:  <proxy v=':8080'/>
04:55:50:
04:55:50:  <!-- Slot Control -->
04:55:50:  <power v='full'/>
04:55:50:
04:55:50:  <!-- User Information -->
04:55:50:  <passkey v='********************************'/>
04:55:50:  <team v='231300'/>
04:55:50:  <user v='jimmyouyang'/>
04:55:50:
04:55:50:  <!-- Folding Slots -->
04:55:50:  <slot id='0' type='CPU'/>
04:55:50:</config>
05:17:37:WU00:FS00:0xa4:Completed 2350000 out of 2500000 steps  (94%)
05:47:03:WU00:FS00:0xa4:Completed 2375000 out of 2500000 steps  (95%)
06:13:00:WU00:FS00:0xa4:Completed 2400000 out of 2500000 steps  (96%)
06:38:59:WU00:FS00:0xa4:Completed 2425000 out of 2500000 steps  (97%)
07:04:21:WU00:FS00:0xa4:Completed 2450000 out of 2500000 steps  (98%)
07:29:59:WU00:FS00:0xa4:Completed 2475000 out of 2500000 steps  (99%)
07:30:00:WU01:FS00:Connecting to 171.67.108.45:8080
07:30:01:WU01:FS00:Assigned to work server 155.247.166.219
07:30:01:WU01:FS00:Requesting new work unit for slot 00: RUNNING cpu:4 from 155.247.166.219
07:30:01:WU01:FS00:Connecting to 155.247.166.219:8080
07:30:02:WU01:FS00:Downloading 858.84KiB
07:30:04:WU01:FS00:Download complete
07:30:04:WU01:FS00:Received Unit: id:01 state:DOWNLOAD error:NO_ERROR project:8636 run:4 clone:97 gen:47 core:0xa4 unit:0x000000370002894b582a2888ea93bb25
07:55:01:WU00:FS00:0xa4:Completed 2500000 out of 2500000 steps  (100%)
07:55:02:WU00:FS00:0xa4:DynamicWrapper: Finished Work Unit: sleep=10000
07:55:12:WU00:FS00:0xa4:
07:55:12:WU00:FS00:0xa4:Finished Work Unit:
07:55:12:WU00:FS00:0xa4:- Reading up to 5302656 from "00/wudata_01.trr": Read 5302656
07:55:12:WU00:FS00:0xa4:trr file hash check passed.
07:55:12:WU00:FS00:0xa4:- Reading up to 980660 from "00/wudata_01.xtc": Read 980660
07:55:12:WU00:FS00:0xa4:xtc file hash check passed.
07:55:12:WU00:FS00:0xa4:edr file hash check passed.
07:55:12:WU00:FS00:0xa4:logfile size: 68814
07:55:12:WU00:FS00:0xa4:Leaving Run
07:55:14:WU00:FS00:0xa4:- Writing 6389834 bytes of core data to disk...
07:55:15:WU00:FS00:0xa4:Done: 6389322 -> 5469395 (compressed to 85.6 percent)
07:55:15:WU00:FS00:0xa4:  ... Done.
07:55:16:WU00:FS00:0xa4:- Shutting down core
07:55:16:WU00:FS00:0xa4:
07:55:16:WU00:FS00:0xa4:Folding@home Core Shutdown: FINISHED_UNIT
07:55:16:WU00:FS00:FahCore returned: FINISHED_UNIT (100 = 0x64)
07:55:17:WU00:FS00:Sending unit results: id:00 state:SEND error:NO_ERROR project:8698 run:0 clone:242 gen:5 core:0xa4 unit:0x000000060002894c58237f635b75a4c3
07:55:17:WU00:FS00:Uploading 5.22MiB to 155.247.166.220
07:55:17:WU01:FS00:Starting
07:55:17:WU00:FS00:Connecting to 155.247.166.220:8080
07:55:17:WU01:FS00:Running FahCore: "C:\Program Files (x86)\FAHClient/FAHCoreWrapper.exe" C:/Users/szyan/AppData/Roaming/FAHClient/cores/fahwebx.stanford.edu/cores/Win32/AMD64/Core_a4.fah/FahCore_a4.exe -dir 01 -suffix 01 -version 704 -lifeline 17676 -checkpoint 15 -np 4
07:55:17:WU01:FS00:Started FahCore on PID 14552
07:55:17:WU01:FS00:Core PID:25472
07:55:17:WU01:FS00:FahCore 0xa4 started
07:55:17:WU01:FS00:0xa4:
07:55:17:WU01:FS00:0xa4:*------------------------------*
07:55:17:WU01:FS00:0xa4:Folding@Home Gromacs GB Core
07:55:17:WU01:FS00:0xa4:Version 2.27 (Dec. 15, 2010)
07:55:17:WU01:FS00:0xa4:
07:55:17:WU01:FS00:0xa4:Preparing to commence simulation
07:55:17:WU01:FS00:0xa4:- Looking at optimizations...
07:55:17:WU01:FS00:0xa4:- Created dyn
07:55:17:WU01:FS00:0xa4:- Files status OK
07:55:17:WU01:FS00:0xa4:- Expanded 878940 -> 2053928 (decompressed 233.6 percent)
07:55:17:WU01:FS00:0xa4:Called DecompressByteArray: compressed_data_size=878940 data_size=2053928, decompressed_data_size=2053928 diff=0
07:55:17:WU01:FS00:0xa4:- Digital signature verified
07:55:17:WU01:FS00:0xa4:
07:55:17:WU01:FS00:0xa4:Project: 8636 (Run 4, Clone 97, Gen 47)
07:55:17:WU01:FS00:0xa4:
07:55:17:WU01:FS00:0xa4:Assembly optimizations on if available.
07:55:17:WU01:FS00:0xa4:Entering M.D.
07:55:23:WU00:FS00:Upload 56.31%
07:55:23:WU01:FS00:0xa4:Mapping NT from 4 to 4 
07:55:24:WU01:FS00:0xa4:Completed 0 out of 1250000 steps  (0%)
07:55:27:WU00:FS00:Upload complete
07:55:27:WU00:FS00:Server responded WORK_ACK (400)
07:55:27:WU00:FS00:Final credit estimate, 3635.00 points
07:55:27:WU00:FS00:Cleaning up
07:55:27:ERROR:WU00:FS00:Exception: Failed to remove directory './work/00': boost::filesystem::remove: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process: ".\work\00\logfile_01-20170504-000549.txt"
07:55:27:WU00:FS00:Cleaning up
07:55:27:ERROR:WU00:FS00:Exception: Failed to remove directory './work/00': boost::filesystem::remove: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process: ".\work\00\logfile_01-20170504-224122.txt"
07:56:27:WU00:FS00:Cleaning up
07:56:27:ERROR:WU00:FS00:Exception: Failed to remove directory './work/00': boost::filesystem::remove: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process: ".\work\00\logfile_01-20170506-003917.txt"
07:58:05:WU00:FS00:Cleaning up
08:07:45:WU01:FS00:0xa4:Completed 12500 out of 1250000 steps  (1%)
08:19:52:WU01:FS00:0xa4:Completed 25000 out of 1250000 steps  (2%)
08:32:01:WU01:FS00:0xa4:Completed 37500 out of 1250000 steps  (3%)
08:44:17:WU01:FS00:0xa4:Completed 50000 out of 1250000 steps  (4%)
08:56:48:WU01:FS00:0xa4:Completed 62500 out of 1250000 steps  (5%)
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09:21:10:WU01:FS00:0xa4:Completed 87500 out of 1250000 steps  (7%)
09:33:33:WU01:FS00:0xa4:Completed 100000 out of 1250000 steps  (8%)
09:46:49:WU01:FS00:0xa4:Completed 112500 out of 1250000 steps  (9%)
09:59:18:WU01:FS00:0xa4:Completed 125000 out of 1250000 steps  (10%)
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10:37:01:WU01:FS00:0xa4:Completed 162500 out of 1250000 steps  (13%)
10:49:32:WU01:FS00:0xa4:Completed 175000 out of 1250000 steps  (14%)
******************************* Date: 2017-05-06 *******************************
11:02:09:WU01:FS00:0xa4:Completed 187500 out of 1250000 steps  (15%)
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16:55:33:WU01:FS00:0xa4:Completed 537500 out of 1250000 steps  (43%)
******************************* Date: 2017-05-06 *******************************
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Thats today's log

Mod edit: added Code tags - j

[Ricky]

I had this problem when I first started folding in windows. A reboot would fix it for a time, then it would re-occur. After time, I no longer needed to reboot. I believe that another program fools the operating system to lock the file.

[Jimmyouyang]

So will this error affect the result?

[bruce]

The message indicate that the first WU was completed normally and uploaded successfully. What happened to the second WU which failed is unclear.

Assuming there's some undiagnosed permission problem with (som ofe?) the files inside of \WORK, the problem can persist and may, in fact, get worse as files that FAHClient fails to clean up accumulate.

Try this: Set your FAHClient to FINISH. All active WUs should proceed to 100% and the results will upload and no new WUs will be downloaded. Once that process has been completed, you can delete the \WORK folder and everything in in. When you restart the client, FAH will recreate the \work folder and new WUs will be downloaded. This SHOULD reestablish fresh work files with the proper permissions -- and (I hope) get rid of the problem..

Questions:
* When you installed FAH, did you select "Just for me" or "for everybody"? The "everybody" option sometimes causes problems similar to the ones you're reporting.
* Depening on that answer, do you always run FAH from the same Windows user "szyan"?

[Jimmyouyang]

The message indicate that the first WU was completed normally and uploaded successfully. What happened to the second WU which failed is unclear.

Assuming there's some undiagnosed permission problem with (som ofe?) the files inside of \WORK, the problem can persist and may, in fact, get worse as files that FAHClient fails to clean up accumulate.

Try this: Set your FAHClient to FINISH. All active WUs should proceed to 100% and the results will upload and no new WUs will be downloaded. Once that process has been completed, you can delete the \WORK folder and everything in in. When you restart the client, FAH will recreate the \work folder and new WUs will be downloaded. This SHOULD reestablish fresh work files with the proper permissions -- and (I hope) get rid of the problem..

Questions:
* When you installed FAH, did you select "Just for me" or "for everybody"? The "everybody" option sometimes causes problems similar to the ones you're reporting.
* Depening on that answer, do you always run FAH from the same Windows user "szyan"?

In fact, I forgot if I select "Just for me" or "for everybody" but I know that I always run FAH from the same Windows. But 2 days ago I reset the whole FAH because of a bad WU that can't upload or delete. The problem is that error happened a lot of time before my reset FAH. So I don't know what's wrong with my laptop. My another laptop works fine and never show this kind of error

[bruce]

Reinstall FAHClient and be sure "just for me" is selected. After doing that, it's possible that there may still be older files that were created with the wrong permission that will need to be deleted as specified above ... or you can just select "delete data"

If that's what you just did under the heading of "reset FAH" you shouldn't need to do it again.

[Jimmyouyang]

I reset everything on fah and I did everything you guys say, but the error still pop out every time especially with the bigWU.
Why is this things always happened to me on this laptop? the another one of mine works fine.