word document cannot be deleted

Ik gebruik Windows 7 en Word 2010.
Bij sommige word documenten die ik geopend heb en nadien sluit kan ik dit bestand niet meer deleten.
Ik krijg een bericht dat het nog geopend is door word en dat niet juist is.
Is er een oplossing?
Dank voor enig antwoord.


I use Windows 7 and Word 2010.
With some word documents that I have opened and close afterwards I can no longer delete this file.
I get a message that it is still being opened by word and that is not correct.
Is there a solution?
Thanks for any answer.

Hi andreaugust,

andreaugust said:

I use Windows 7 and Word 2010.
With some word documents that I have opened and close afterwards I can no longer delete this file.
I get a message that it is still being opened by word and that is not correct.
Is there a solution?

Very strange!
Are they set as Templates?
Can you delete the files through cmd prompt?

Hi andreaugust,

andreaugust said:

In the long past I knew that it is possible in the cmd promp but I have forgotten these method.
How to do it ?

Look for the file to be deleted in Explorer => right-click it => Properties => General tab => Location. This will give you the full path. Then go into an elevated command prompt and type del followed by a space followed by the full path => Enter.

You can Copy the full path from the Location and Paste it [you need to use the mouse right-click and Paste for this as CTRL+V doesn’t work] into the elevated command prompt window and press Enter

I hope this helps!

Hi andreaugust,

andreaugust said:

OK, it works!
Much thanks.

You are welcome!