



In addition, instead of Process Explorer and Process Hacker, you can boot your system into Repair Mode (a copy of Windows RE) and delete the file there, where the intervening app is not open! Then right-click on the process's name, select "Properties" and find the handle there. In Process Hacker, though, you must right-click and choose "Go to owning process". You can then right-click and select "Close Handle". In Process Explorer, clicking on the entry takes you to the handle. If there are positive matches, either close the process locking the file or folder, or visit the process's entry and close the handle to the file or folder. Look for entries whose "Type" column reads "File". Type the name of the file or folder you are looking for and press Enter.Other times, you must find out for yourself, using third-party utilities like Process Explorer and Process Hacker. (You are saying you have tried this one, so I won't elaborate.) Its NTFS permissions are preventing you.When you cannot delete a file or folder in Windows, there are usually four problems:
