Error Deleting File or Folder

[- 781]

Upon deleting a folder, Windows XP Pro comes up with an error message: Error
Deleting File or Folder: Cannot delete a certain file or folder. It is being
used by another person or program. Close ANY programs that might be using
the file and try again.

How do we know which program or what user is using this file or folder?
Is there a program that allows a user to see what it is that blocks us from
deleting a certain file or folder?

Using Windows XP Pro SP2. I have restarted the PC already so nothing should
be using this folder that I'm trying to delete.

Thanks in advance
Gino

 

[Galen]

In - 781 <[email protected]> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

Upon deleting a folder, Windows XP Pro comes up with an error
message: Error Deleting File or Folder: Cannot delete a certain file
or folder. It is being used by another person or program. Close ANY
programs that might be using the file and try again.

How do we know which program or what user is using this file or
folder? Is there a program that allows a user to see what it is that
blocks
us from deleting a certain file or folder?

Using Windows XP Pro SP2. I have restarted the PC already so nothing
should be using this folder that I'm trying to delete.

Thanks in advance
Gino

Have you tried to delete the file/folder in safe mode? Reboot, press F8
before the OS screen loads but after the POST and select safe mode without
networking.

Galen

 

[K]

The program "Who Lock Me?" will do what you want.
K

- 781 <[email protected]>

 

[- 781]

I know about safe mode deletion, but I want to know which program constantly
locks a folder or file from deleting. I don't want to reboot every time I
need to delete a file or folder.
Gino

 

[- 781]

Who Lock Me? Is this a joke, because the wording of the name is not making
sense.
Did you mean to type Who locked me?
I searched for Who Lock Me? on the web and didn't find anything. Perhaps a
url will do.
Gino

 

[Ken Blake]

In

Who Lock Me? Is this a joke, because the wording of the name
is not
making sense.
Did you mean to type Who locked me?
I searched for Who Lock Me? on the web and didn't find
anything.
Perhaps a url will do.

Search again, but this time try it as one word, wholockme. It's
there.

 

[Galen]

In - 781 <[email protected]> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

I know about safe mode deletion, but I want to know which program
constantly locks a folder or file from deleting. I don't want to
reboot every time I need to delete a file or folder.
Gino

I'd consider a malware scan. Take a look in your running processes and
Google the suspicious names of running applications or applications that are
using a large amount of system resources. Nothing native to any of my
Windows installations causes this sort of behaviour. Do you have some sort
of third party backup utility running perhaps?

Galen