Unable to delete, move, or perform any action on a file because it is locked by a process? Find out which process is locking a file in Windows 11/10 using various methods discussed in this article.

Open Task Manager Locate the process Right-click on it and select Open file location Where does it take you? The System32 folder – Then its likey an OS process If it is not situated in the Windows ...

I am very sure that many a times when you try to open, delete or move a file or a folder, you get an error message saying it is already in use. Even after trying to ...

There are some media files I wish to shift around, but some troublesome application has ahold of them even after a fresh boot. I bet I could move them from a Safe-Mode boot, but I would like to know ...

A fundamental of file systems since their inception has been their locking mechanisms. These exist so that different users and applications working on the same file (or region of a file) ...