{"id":585,"date":"2017-01-19T09:21:56","date_gmt":"2017-01-19T08:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.epiclper.com\/?p=585"},"modified":"2017-01-19T09:22:55","modified_gmt":"2017-01-19T08:22:55","slug":"quicktip-close-filefolder-held-active-by-a-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.epiclper.com\/?p=585","title":{"rendered":"QuickTip: Close file\/folder held active by a program"},"content":{"rendered":"

You may came across this situation already: You’re trying to update a program, closed it and maybe all of it’s sub-processes but something is still holding a file or folder active and won’t allow you to update or remove it. Or maybe you want to delete a file or folder but Windows won’t let you.<\/p>\n

There are lots of programs trying to help you here but most of those are either dubious looking or have some ad-ware installer. But there’s a far better and still free way, directly from Microsoft!<\/p>\n

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  1. Download “Process Explorer<\/a>“, an official Microsoft Tool<\/li>\n
  2. Extract the ZIP file<\/li>\n
  3. Open “procexp.exe<\/em>” or “procexp64.exe<\/em>” as Administrator (if in doubt use first one)<\/li>\n
  4. Press “Ctrl” + “F”<\/li>\n
  5. Type the file or folders name in the search bar<\/li>\n
  6. Click on the result at the bottom<\/li>\n
  7. The main window will come to front with the according file selected<\/li>\n
  8. Right-Click it and choose “Close Handle”<\/li>\n
  9. Done!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    It’s as simple as that! Now you know how to close files being held open by any program without using a dubious looking 3rd party program!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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