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 aware of the various task libraries out there. For internal reasons, I need my own task, even if already out there. I've written a simple custom msbuild task to concatenate some text files to ...

When you notice that an application has locked up, run WhatIsHang (right-click it and select Run as Administrator in Windows Vista or 7) and it should highlight the frozen window for you. Select this, ...

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 ...