While rare and usually because of a bug, hang, or crash, sometimes files in OS X may be stuck with an "in use" lock that will prevent them from being edited or managed by other programs. Here is how ...

When you can't open, edit, or delete a file in Windows File Explorer, it's either still open in a program running in the background or something didn't close properly. Luckily, you can force delete, ...

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. If you open the Task ...

I get the following messge when trying to delete a multimedia file:<BR><BR>Cannot delete "filename": It is being used by another person or program<BR><BR>Obviously I closed any progs I could see open.

Now that you know why the program cannot access the file, it is time to figure out which process has already put a lock on them. The error could appear in any program ...

I am very sure that many a times when you try to open, delete or move a file or a folder, you get an error message saying it is already in use. Even after trying to ...