irelephant 🍭@lemm.eeM to iiiiiiitttttttttttt@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoThere is nothing else open, but windows still won't let me delete the folder.lemm.eeimagemessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down11
arrow-up116arrow-down1imageThere is nothing else open, but windows still won't let me delete the folder.lemm.eeirelephant 🍭@lemm.eeM to iiiiiiitttttttttttt@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squaretychosmoose@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up16·4 days agoProcess Explorer (the sysinternals tool) will show you which process has the handle open to the file.
minus-squareJtee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agoFWIW, it’s usually Windows Installer, Windows Explorer, or some other system task. If you open a command prompt and ready the del command, you can kill Windows Explorer and then run your delete.
Process Explorer (the sysinternals tool) will show you which process has the handle open to the file.
FWIW, it’s usually Windows Installer, Windows Explorer, or some other system task. If you open a command prompt and ready the del command, you can kill Windows Explorer and then run your delete.