Hi,
I was cleaning up my laptop by deleting empty folders etc and i couldn't delete this single folder. This is a folder with a few zips and a installer. If i want to delete the folder is says "the action can't be completed because the folder or a file in it is open in another program". Which is cleary there isn't..
Any help please? thank you.
I'm sorry if i posted it in the wrong section.
Usually, in cases such as this I've found I have to manually delete the items in the folder first. In some cases I've had to move files to a temporary folder so I could delete the folder and then delete the file in the temporary folder. Sort of a convoluted way to get around it.
I have been able to start in Safe Mode and delete the folder items then then folder, too.
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Jerry
Some things that may help:
Reboot and try again.
Try to delete the folder or files from a command prompt.
Use an application such as Unlocker to help you.
Update: Thank you guys, the unlocker did it. Still didn't find the actual cause of it but anyways thank you.
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