Cannot delete file, being used by another person or program

[hopp]

If you know how to use the command line (DOS), you can try this (Win2k/XP). Chances are the program using the file will be Windows Explorer.exe, so you need to kill it first.

1) Press Ctrl+Alt+Del and click the "Processes" tab, then click on the "explorer.exe" file, then click the "End Task" button.

2) In the "Task Manager" window click "File" > "New Task (Run...)".

3) Type "cmd" and hit Enter.

4) Navigate to the folder where the offending file resides.

5) Type "del XXX" (where XXX is the name of the file).

6) The file should now be deleted.

7) Re-start "explorer.exe" by following step 2.

Hopefully that fixes it.