C++/Win32: How to wait for a pending delete to complete

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• Workable solution: sbi\'s answer
• Explanation for what really happens: Hans\'s answer
• Explanation for why OpenFile do

Answer 1

Silly suggestion - since it fails so infrequently, simply wait some milliseconds on failure and try again.

Or, if latency is important, switch to another file name, leaving the old file to be deleted later.