If you receive File in Use, The action can’t be completed because the file is open in another program even if the file is closed in another program, then this post will help you.

The action can't be completed because the folder or a file in it is open in another program. Close the folder or file and try again. This is done for good reason.

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.

Have you tried to delete a file in your trash, but the file or folders you want to delete refuses to disappear? Or have you tried to delete a file that is in use? To solve these problems, you need to ...

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. The ...

To find out what program has locked a file, use WhoLockMe. And for future reference, you can put quote marks around a filename with spaces on the command prompt.