HTPASSWD Utility

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The htpasswd.exe utility in Apache_2.0.39-Mod_SSL-OpenSSL-0.9.6d-Win32.zip aborts with an error message when you try to add or update a password.  It responds with "The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process".  I thought perhaps that Apache had not closed the password file when it was started, so I stopped the tasks related to Apache and tried it again.  Same result.  I'm running the server on a PC with Windows XP Professional OS.   I downloaded and unzipped htpasswd.exe from the Apache_2.0.37-dev_mod_ssl_2.0.37_dev_OpenSSL-0.9.6c-WIN32.zip file and it works like it used to in earlier versions.   Any ideas?