[[!comment format=mdwn username="ExGen" subject="Same" date="2016-04-03T13:47:26Z" content=""" I have this problem on windows v6 too: $ git annex get test get test (from laptop...) SHA256E-s14488367--4391729b982439764813156e1bfc12e9626ae89452ab812f5180c376fbd57fc0 14,488,367 100% 63.24MB/s 0:00:00 (xfr#1, to-chk=0/1) (checksum...) git-annex: DeleteFile \".\\test\": permission denied (The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.) failed git-annex: get: 1 failed I can see only a pointer: $ cat test /annex/objects/SHA256E-s14488367--4391729b982439764813156e1bfc12e9626ae89452ab812f5180c376fbd57fc0 `git annex unlock` will do nothing, and: $ git annex lock lock test git-annex: content not present; cannot lock I'll make another bug report. """]]