If you cannot delete a file or a folder on an NTFS file system volume in Windows, follow the solutions mentioned in this post to resolve the issue.

If you receive File in Use. The action can't be completed because the file is open in another program even if file is closed in another program, see this.

Windows says your file is in use because it's open in another program? Learn how to force rename, delete, or move the file.

Jugalkumar Kshirsagar asked how to delete a file that Windows insists is open. For reasons that should be obvious, Windows can’t delete a file—or move one—if it’s in use by a program.

Hello,My bro downloaded some avi file that's been causing problems. Whenever I go into the directory it's in to delete it, once I click on it, my system resources shoot up to 100% and stay there ...

Then I typed "fsutil reparsepoint delete <file name>" (without the quotes) then hit enter. I was then able to go back to the file and delete it normally. Not open for further replies.