--- /dev/null
+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="joey"
+ subject="""comment 3"""
+ date="2025-01-07T19:46:35Z"
+ content="""
+This seems to be the same bug as
+<https://git-annex.branchable.com/bugs/git-remote-annex_doesn__39__t_work_on_Windows___40__perms__41__/#comment-129fb966abab410a08d919cf1dc09625>
+and over there we have some progress happening.
+"""]]
--- /dev/null
+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="joey"
+ subject="""comment 4"""
+ date="2025-01-07T19:48:29Z"
+ content="""
+Seems to be the same problem as
+<https://git-annex.branchable.com/bugs/Fails_to_drop_key_on_windows___40__Access_denied__41__/>
+which also involves directory special remote, but does not involve
+git-remote-annex.
+
+A comment there tried what I suggested here, and indeed removing the
+ReadOnly attribute from the file in the directory special remote avoids the
+problem.
+"""]]