Win7 system files are being used cannot be removed solution

When deleting a file on a computer in Win7, it often pops up "The file is in use and cannot be deleted" or "The operation cannot be completed because the file has been opened in XXX", especially the Temp temporary folder. But look at the Win7 taskbar, obviously not launching any programs, who is using these files? How to delete them? To successfully delete these files, first find out which processes called them and then close the related applications. Compared with the old Windows system, Win7's “ file is being improved with the dialog box, it will tell us what program is calling the file.

However, in many cases, the system cannot list all the programs that call the files, so we still can't delete the files smoothly. At this time, Win7 & ldquo; Resource Monitor & rdquo; will play a role. Open the resource monitor. In the Start Search box, type “Resource Monitor", press Enter to open.

If you are prompted for an administrator password or for confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.

In the "Resource Monitor" dialog box, switch to the "CPU” tab. Click the small arrow to the right of the “ associated handle” bar to expand it. Enter the file name in the search field (if the file name is longer, enter a partial file name), and then press the Enter key. Now, all the processes related to the file are listed in the "Image" column.

The process of calling the file is selected, right mouse click, click “ end process & rdquo;, these files can be deleted successfully.