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Old July 17th 13, 06:22 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
stevenkor
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Default How do I tell what process owns a file?

laredotornado wrote on 07/01/2008 13:09 ET :
Hi,

I'm running WinXP and trying to delete a file from my system. But
when I right click and select "Delete" I get the error message:

Cannot delete .metadata:Access is denied
Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is
not currently in use.

I have verified that the file is not write-protected and the disk is
not full. But I can't figure out what process is using the file in
question. Any ideas how to figure this out?

Thanks, - Dave

Try " Long Path Tool " is also useful in situations where you see
these error messages: Cannot read from source file or disk, there has been a
sharing violation, cannot delete file or folder, the file name you specified is
not valid or too long, the source or destination file may be in use & many
other file managing errors that you encounter in your computing use.
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