Cannot close file open in system

If everything goes correctly, you will fix your problem without killing the process and — more importantly — without having to reboot the system. November 19, November 19, October 22, October 22, June 12, June 12, Since it's also a lead designer for many App and games for Android, iOS and Windows Phone mobile devices for a number of italian companies.

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Will also add PH as soon as I have the chance. Thank you for your valuable feedback! Hello Lucy, I once had your issue: if I remember correctly, the file I was trying to delete was inside a SMB share: all I did to fix that was to delete and re-create the Share. This can go on indefinitely, corrupting huge amounts of data. Though the above described scenario may not be very likely to occur, it is indeed a real possibility. Therefore, the best way to close a handle is either to a make the app that opened it close it or b shut down your PC.

Was this reply helpful? Yes No. Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback. Hi, thank you for your reply. Can someone please explain to me how to close the file in system? I have the same question Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. In reply to Shilohbob's post on October 10, In reply to 2D71's post on October 10, So the first thing you have to do is restarting Windows explorer to see whether you can rename, delete, share the file with someone else on Windows Right-click the Start and select Task Manager from the menu.

After you restart Windows Explorer, it is likely you can complete actions for file or folder on Windows Another possible reason is that you have too many files moved to your Recycle Bin on Windows 10, thus causing conflict.

That is why the actions cannot be completed because the folder or file in it is open in system, such as wininit. Now you should remove all the unnecessary files in recycle bin to fix file is open in another program error on Windows Without the corrupted files in the Recycle Bin , you can manage to create a new file, rename or delete a folder freely.

And the action cannot be completed because the file is open in another program is removed from Windows If ending and then starting Windows explorer is useless to solve action cannot be completed problem, there is another way out for you. Struggle to launch the folder in a new window.

Under View tab, uncheck the box of Launch folder windows in a separate process. Using group policy can also be an effective solution for cannot delete the file as it is open in system Windows But it is wise for you to back up the data on your PC before you change group policy.