How to delete a file being used by another program Here are some practical ways to dodge the pop-up and delete files that are in use by a program on your Windows PC.

While there are several approaches to managing "in-use" errors in OS X, you can often make use of the Trash to temporarily store these files so as not to disturb your workflow.

Outlook Data File – The file C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\<username>\username.ost is in use and cannot be accessed. Close any application that is using this file, and then try again.

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.

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Fire up process explorer and find the file is in use by, wait for it, Windows explorer. So Windows Explorer can't rename/move my file because it's in use by itself.