The action cannot be completed because the file is open in another program

Question

when i was trying to delete a file it just says "folder in use cannot be completed because the folder or a file in its open in another program resource monitor " okay when i saw that text pop up in my screen i searched in youtube how to fix it, i did the resource computer thing but it doesnt show up in associated handles. can someone help me?

Answer 1

This could be a temporary issue and normally if you restart your PC and try again, this could solve the problem.

Answer 2

Use the Handle utility to see which process has an open file handle to the file/folder. Then close that process.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/handle

Answer 3

-Try a reboot, see if you can delete file then.

-You can try ending the process in Task Manager and delete the file then.

-You can try deleting the process in Safe Mode.

-If nothing works, you can terminate process via Process Explorer and delete the file.