What to do when there are no active applications that seems to be locking that file? As soon as you are sure about it you can focus your attention to other Windows processes, such as some active services that could have it open: Antivirus software, Database services, Source Control Managers, Software Optimizers, Backup Tools, Firewall/security systems and so on. Whenever that's the case, the fix is right around the corner: you close the offending application - be it MS Word, MS Excel, MS Access, Photoshop and so on - then go back to the file and do whatever you want with it. If you're an experienced Windows user you most certainly know that, when you see something like this, it usually means that there is a running application which still has that file opened in an exclusive mode - thus locking it from any IO write operations: no rename, no move and certainly no delete. The action cannot be completed because the file is open in SYSTEM. The action can’t be completed because the file is open in another program. You need to move, rename or delete a file and - as soon as you try to do that - you're greeted by the following popup message:įile in Use. The scenario we're about to introduce is an unbeatable classic for anyone working with Windows.
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