What could prevent me from renaming a file locked?

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I've run into a very weird issue on a build server where it won't let me rename any file 'locked' on the entire D drive as it throws a permissions error.

I have local admin rights which allow me to rename a file locked on the C drive and rename a file on the D drive to any other name. This affects all directories and extensions.

Do you literally mean that you can't change a file's name to be the word `locked` ? — Harry Johnston, Nov 23 '19 at 01:53
Yes that's what I literally mean, turned out IT had blocked creating files called locked via group policy in an attempt to prevent the spread of crypto lockers — Inverted Llama, Nov 23 '19 at 02:13

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Turned out that IT had put in place restrictions on creating files called 'locked' via group policy to attempt to prevent the spread of crypto lockers.

answered Nov 23 '19 at 02:10

Inverted Llama

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What could prevent me from renaming a file locked?

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