Quark files "in use" wont delete

We have a problem where Quark 6.52 files continue to claim to be locked and cannot be deleted. We are running Mac OS X Server 10.4.8 with Mac OS X 10.4.8 clients. The share is using ACL with full permissions for the group.

Good question. The SMB PC clients do not have this problem at all. The AFP Mac OS X 10.4.8 clients experience this problem. I don't think old Mac OS 9 computers have the problem either, but I am not sure.
This server is the Open Directory Master for the network.

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Only for PDFs. Acrobat and Reader are not running while deleting the file.
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I also couldn't find the download link for xsupport on the link you provided.
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Does that give any indication on what the problem is?
Not really, perhaps a corrupted or unreadable (by permission) .DS_Store file in the folder where your Xpress files reside, but then again that should affect other clients as well.
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When some clients have the correct mapping document <-> Quark Xpress and one (or more) other(s) don't, do you connect with different users to the server or are the users always the samr but the connection made from different machines?
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hi to all who have this bug- "file in use by Windows Explorer error"
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