File in use by another Application

I've had this message pop-up twice this morning while rendering.
"File in use by another Application"
It stops the render. When I click OK and render again its fine.
The file is not being used by another application.

i'd give ya points if i could, brian. great article. makes me wonder when i install tiger shortly if i should disable spotlight and dashboard. think i'll do a little research.
zeb

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