Could not delete /.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.wst.server.core/tmp0/wtpwebapps/appname/WEB-INF/lib. May be locked by another process

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Murilo picture Murilo · Jan 14, 2014 · Viewed 43.5k times · Source

I am trying to run an web app. In the beginning it was going well, but I had to delete some jars from the project folder. I didn't delete the jars using eclipse. So, I started to get these errors:

Publishing failed with multiple errors
Could not delete C:/Users/maniceto/Documents/workspace/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.wst.server.core/tmp0/wtpwebapps/fj21-tarefas/WEB-INF/lib. May be locked by another process.
Could not delete C:/Users/maniceto/Documents/workspace/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.wst.server.core/tmp0/wtpwebapps/fj21-tarefas/WEB-INF. May be locked by another process.

I tried to delete my whole project and code it again. But it doesn't work. I also deleted the Tomcat server but again it doesn't work. Then I realized that to "fix" this problem I have to delete this folder:

C:/Users/maniceto/Documents/workspace/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.wst.server.core/tmp0/wtpwebapps/fj21-tarefas/WEB-INF.

And clean the server and the project. But when I close eclipse and open again I get the same error, then I have to do this process.

Anyone here knows how to fix this kind of tomcat bug?

Answer

vikash mudliar picture vikash mudliar · Jan 3, 2015

Simply delete the server and then add it again,then restart your eclipse.It worked for me.

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