1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Providers/Manager/ImageSaver.cs b/MediaBrowser.Providers/Manager/ImageSaver.cs
index 9dd87aef5..fb1d4f490 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Providers/Manager/ImageSaver.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Providers/Manager/ImageSaver.cs
@@ -172,7 +172,9 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Providers.Manager
             SetImagePath(item, type, imageIndex, savedPaths[0]);
 
             // Delete the current path
-            if (currentImageIsLocalFile && !savedPaths.Contains(currentImagePath, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            if (currentImageIsLocalFile
+                && !savedPaths.Contains(currentImagePath, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+                && (saveLocally || currentImagePath.Contains(_config.ApplicationPaths.InternalMetadataPath, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)))
             {
                 var currentPath = currentImagePath;
 
@@ -261,7 +263,8 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Providers.Manager
 
                 _fileSystem.SetAttributes(path, false, false);
 
-                await using (var fs = new FileStream(path, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write, FileShare.Read, IODefaults.FileStreamBufferSize, FileOptions.Asynchronous))
+                // use FileShare.None as this bypasses dotnet bug dotnet/runtime#42790 .
+                await using (var fs = new FileStream(path, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write, FileShare.None, IODefaults.FileStreamBufferSize, FileOptions.Asynchronous))
                 {
                     await source.CopyToAsync(fs, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
                 }