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There is nothing else open, but windows still won't let me delete the folder. (infosec.pub)

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[–] tychosmoose@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Process Explorer (the sysinternals tool) will show you which process has the handle open to the file.

[–] Jtee@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

FWIW, it's usually Windows Installer, Windows Explorer, or some other system task. If you open a command prompt and ready the del command, you can kill Windows Explorer and then run your delete.