IL2 Sturmovik doesn't unlock files when done

[mrburns]

When playing a radio station, IL2 locks the .wav file its playing but never unlocks it.
If it plays 5 songs, all five wav files remain locked.
Is there someway of unlocking them without leaving the game?

I think this is a bug because locked files should only remain locked while in use.

[K_Freddie]

You're running on Win7(or 8 ) I gather.
It's a known problem that win7 doesn't release the files when the application closes.
I go to the Task-Manager (Ctl^Alt^Del) -- Processes
.. and terminate the process with extreme prejudice

[mrburns]

Which process would that be?

[K_Freddie]

Just returned from outer space... maybe you've already discovered this - The game exe file, is the process to terminate

[K_Freddie]

Maybe I miss-understood...
The game has it's own OGG codec... The game exe process probably locks the audio functionality, so you won't be able to unlock the audio without shutting the game down.

sorry!

[mrburns]

Would be nice if it would unlock files its done using. Audio files it hasn't yet used are unlock until used. I understand locking a file in use, but when done playing it (over the radio) it should be unlocked.