The most commonly used operations on files and folders are coping, moving and deleting. But some time you get the error message when you want to rename, move and delete any file and folder "File or Folder cannot be deleted because it's already being used by another program". This happen because windows and some time virus is still using the targeted file or folder and this sharing violation prevent the computer users to move, rename and delete certain file or folder on their computer.
Perform the following steps to solve this error message:
- To active this feature, you will need to be logged into your computer with administrative rights.
- Now download a free software unlocker 1.8.5 for this purpose and run the easy setup.
- After installation, right click on any file or folders that you want to delete and click on option "Unlocker".
Now a small windows dialog box will open with title "unlocker 1.8.5", using drop down menu select the option "delete, rename, move" and press OK button to end this process.
You can repeat the steps on all affected files or folders to stop the process that is using your files or folders.
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