Deleting a file...

[Stu]

Hi,

I am trying to delete a file but get the error message 'The process cannot
access the file "C:\MyFile.txt" because it is being used by another
process'.

Is there any way to delete this file anyway?

Thanks in advance,

Stu

[Cor]

Hi stu,
Are you sure you closed it in your program before you try do delete it?
Cor

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Hello,

"Stu" <st****@ntpcl.uk.com> schrieb:

I am trying to delete a file but get the error message 'The
process cannot access the file "C:\MyFile.txt" because it
is being used by another process'.

Is there any way to delete this file anyway?

If the file is used by an other process, you cannot delete it. Maybe
quitting the other process helps.

--
Herfried K. Wagner
MVP · VB Classic, VB .NET
http://www.mvps.org/dotnet

[Jeff Brown]

Is it an AVI file? If so then there is a registry fix
"[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{87D62D9 4-71B3-4b9a-9489-5FE6850
DC73E}\InProcServer32]"
, something to do with windows using the file to generate previews in
explorer i believe. If you can't find it , i think i have the article saved
somewhere.

Jeff

"Stu" <st****@ntpcl.uk.com> wrote in message
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Hi,

I am trying to delete a file but get the error message 'The process cannot
access the file "C:\MyFile.txt" because it is being used by another
process'.

Is there any way to delete this file anyway?

Thanks in advance,

Stu