Access Denied: File is in use

[Dennis]

Sometimes when I try to delete a file it says access denied, the file
is in use by another program.

How can you check which application is locking/accessing a certain
file?

 

[Gerry]

Dennis

Thats something you cannot easily do. You can try deleting in safe mode,
which can work if you get that response in normal mode. Otherwise
research the source of the file and stop the programme that provided the
file. In general terms you should not be just deleting files. If you
want help with a particular file name the file.


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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[JF]

*Bonjour Dennis * !

Sometimes when I try to delete a file it says access denied, the file
is in use by another program.

How can you check which application is locking/accessing a certain
file?

These are very usefull
http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker
http://www.malwarebytes.org/fileassassin.php

See also the avi problem
http://www.moviecodec.com/topics/3588p1.html

 

[Dennis]

  *Bonjour Dennis * !


These are very usefullhttp://ccollomb.free.fr/unlockerhttp://www.malwarebytes.org/fileassassin.php

See also the avi problemhttp://www.moviecodec.com/topics/3588p1.html

Without any 3rd party programs, is there a way to tell what has it's
"claws" into what in XP?

 

[JF]

*Bonjour Dennis * !

Without any 3rd party programs, is there a way to tell what has it's
"claws" into what in XP?

As you noticed for the movies,
the solution is to tell explorer to not analyse the file :
Suppress the key InProcServer32 in ==>
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{87D62D94-71B3-4b9a-9489-5FE6850DC73E}\
Or just rename it :
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{87D62D94-71B3-4b9a-9489-5FE6850DC73E}\-InProcServer32

Also read :
You cannot delete a file or a folder on an NTFS file system volume
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320081/en

 

[Jim]

Sometimes when I try to delete a file it says access denied, the file
is in use by another program.

How can you check which application is locking/accessing a certain
file?

Process Explorer can do that. After the program is running, search for
"file or handle".
Jim

 

[HeyBub]

Without any 3rd party programs, is there a way to tell what has it's
"claws" into what in XP?

Sure.

Somehow manage to rename the file. Then when a program - or the system
itself - croaks, you'll have your answer.