If you are still unable to delete the file, maybe something is using it from the background. Try to reboot into Safe Mode and delete the file. I have also received this message number of time.
There is two way of receiving this message. First way is if you are opening a file or program from the directory which you are going to delete then this message is displaying. Because after you have deleted the folder there is no destination exist for store the file.
The OS cannot handle this kind of situations. The other way of having this problem is same as before but the difference is application or the file is still running in background process and you are not seeing. You think nothing is open from this folder and you can delete the folder. Error: Out of screen spaces for error boxes. Please help. Thanks in advance. Go To Solution. Best Answer. About kathkath Since he isn't asking for a programmable solution, don't you think that is a little disingenuous?
If you think it would be beneficial to discuss programmatic file lock discovery, shouldn't that be a separate question? I closed the question because SO is not for IT questions.
The edit has changed the author's meaning, which edits aren't supposed to do. I understand that this is not a programming question per se. But fiddling with Windows processes and file locks has a lot more to do with development work than questions about "What is your favorite programmer cartoon keyboard t-shirt?
This is definitely a programming related question. There are many scenarios where this problem would crop up during development, such as when testing installers or plugins. Just because the question isn't framed as a programming scenario doesn't mean it's not a legit SO question.
Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer. Dan Goldstein Dan Goldstein His original question stated that he didn't want to download a third-party tool. Well if he thinks the Microsoft site where you would download this from is "Sketchy" in his words his reason for not wanting to download , then I doubt he would trust any other advice anyway. This isn't a third party tool. It's published by Microsoft. Show 1 more comment. Pradeep Pradeep 3, 1 1 gold badge 20 20 silver badges 34 34 bronze badges.
Did you try the commandline command OpenFiles It is built in XP and above I believe and has several arguments that can be passed in. Brian Schmitt Brian Schmitt 5, 1 1 gold badge 23 23 silver badges 36 36 bronze badges. Use msconfig and start up with everything turned off. Or you can always boot up in safe mode and delete it. You do that by hitting f8 when the machine boots up. MrZebra MrZebra Steve Steve 21 1 1 bronze badge. Greg Burns. Chris, Thanks for your response. It grows by about 20 meg each day.
I have some third party software FogLight that monitors Oracle for me, but that file overgrew the ability of FogLight to open it. It is currently at 6 gig I tried to work with Oracle to come up with a solution, but their "fixes" didn't work, and the work-around they have is to archive and truncate that file on a regular basis.
That's not a problem, except that I can't get it to truncate! It is being used by some process. Oracle told me which "service" it is that keeps that file open, and I tried shutting that service down in fact I shut down every oracle service on the machine! I tried booting in Safe Mode, but Server doesn't give me that option in its startup sequence either that or I'm just a programmer instead of a network administrator and I'm missing something obvious.
I see the previous post that mentions a piece of software that tells what process is holding a file open. Thanks for your post! You don't get Safe Mode when you press F8? Shandra Chris, Master of All Things Insignificant wrote: If windows the file is in use, there is no way to remove it that I ever heard of. Charles Law. Cor Ligthert. Charles, This is so nice from starting new threads, the OP told that it was about users on a netwerk using other computers. Scott A. I'm not too sure if this will help, but I got it from Oracle's website Rotating logs The log files will quickly grow quite large because of the performance logging data.
You may wish to set up a rotation system, so that periodically the logs are archived. Note that on UNIX, the logs are kept open by the running process, so simple doing a 'mv' will not be effective. Automation You can install the previous script as a cron job.
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