cannot delete a folder in windows 7

[raguwarrior]

in my windows 7 i am not able to delete a folder .it shows that
the action cant be completed because the folder or file is open in another program .
somebody help me in resvolving it".
and i tried to delete it in command prompt it shows
"access denied " fd.exe

 

[Link2aavash]

did you try after restart your computer? sometime I have faced the same problem and I did manually run the ccleaner than restart the computer than I able to delete the folders or files.

 

[logicearth]

You cannot delete it because another process/application has it open and locked...just as the message said.

 

[Ch@n]

Where is the file located? Inside C: drive? Then only the user with admin rights can delete it.
If the file is somewhr else, then check which process if locking it in Taskmanager and kil that process. If not able to identify the process, download lockhunter, replacement for unlocker since it doesnt work in Win 7 and unlock the file or folder and delete it.
LockHunter is a free 64/32 bit tool to delete files blocked by any processes

Also, when you open run command, by default it doesnt execute with admin privileges. Go into accessories and then from there execute command prompt with run as admin.

 

[Tews]

You can also boot into safe mode and delete it...

 

[raguwarrior]

i have solved it by going to taskmanager and end up the process corresponding to that file ...thanks