topic Re: Cannot delete .meta file in QlikView https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Cannot-delete-meta-file/m-p/695359#M251352 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>May be some services are using them.</P><P>Try to stop services first and delete them later.</P><P></P><P>Regards</P><P>ASHFAQ</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 18 Aug 2014 10:54:15 GMT ashfaq_haseeb 2014-08-18T10:54:15Z Cannot delete .meta file https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Cannot-delete-meta-file/m-p/695357#M251350 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi All,</P><P>I have been trying to reconfigure the folder structure for accesspoint and got to a point where I need to delete the contents of a folder, which has a qvw, .shared and .meta files.</P><P></P><P>the .qvw and .shared delete fine, but the .meta file is giving the error 'cannot be competed because the file is open on the QlikView Server'.</P><P></P><P>Has anyone got any ideas why this is happening and how to sort it out?</P><P>thanks!</P><P><BR /> </P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 18 Aug 2014 10:45:01 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Cannot-delete-meta-file/m-p/695357#M251350 juleshartley 2014-08-18T10:45:01Z Re: Cannot delete .meta file https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Cannot-delete-meta-file/m-p/695358#M251351 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I would try stopping the services and closing all folders.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 18 Aug 2014 10:48:30 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Cannot-delete-meta-file/m-p/695358#M251351 tresB 2014-08-18T10:48:30Z Re: Cannot delete .meta file https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Cannot-delete-meta-file/m-p/695359#M251352 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>May be some services are using them.</P><P>Try to stop services first and delete them later.</P><P></P><P>Regards</P><P>ASHFAQ</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 18 Aug 2014 10:54:15 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Cannot-delete-meta-file/m-p/695359#M251352 ashfaq_haseeb 2014-08-18T10:54:15Z