If you can’t delete a file or a folder on an NTFS file system volume on your Windows computer, you fall under one of the following cases. An Access Control List (ACL) is being used You can’t delete ...

Win8.1 rant, but I first hit this several years ago on either WinXP or Win95. I decided to organize my music directory and was plagued by "Can't rename/move this directory as it's in use by another ...

One of the more frustrating experiences when using a computer is when you want to delete or rename a file or folder in Windows, but get an error stating that the file ...

I am in the process of cleaning up my hard drives. I'm having a problem deleting a file in my old Temp. Internet Files folder from a previous Windows installation.<P>The file is called TILE\1~1,JPG.

If you can’t delete files on OneDrive, use the following methods to resolve the issue: If OneDrive is syncing files at the same time you are trying to delete, it will not work. To fix this, you need ...

Installing and uninstalling apps is a common task we do on our computers. On the Mac, it can sometimes happen that when you try to uninstall an app, the system reports: “Can’t delete a Mac app because ...

While rare and usually because of a bug, hang, or crash, sometimes files in OS X may be stuck with an "in use" lock that will prevent them from being edited or managed by other programs. Here is how ...