Top "File-in-use" questions

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"The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process" with Images

I've seen many issues like this that have been solved and the problem was mostly due to streams not being …

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VB - Writing to a file with StreamWriter

I'm trying to write to a file using the StreamWriter. Dim write as IO.StreamWriter write = new io.streamwriter(file) …

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Rename a running executable (exe) file

We are trying to push updates to multiple servers at once and my manager has found that it is possible …

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The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process at deletion

I thought I solved this problem by closing and disposing my reader, but still in some cases the file was …

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InnoSetup - Erroneous "File in use by another process..." message while compiling

Although I really like InnoSetup, I have been suffering with this erroneous message for some time, but my frustration has …

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