While rare and usually because of a bug, hang, or crash, sometimes files in OS X may be stuck with an "in use" lock that will prevent them from being edited or managed by other programs. Here is how ...

Users with external hard drives or other storage devices may run into problems accessing files on these devices, especially when attempting to delete files that are reported by Mac OS X to be "locked" ...

I have a file "␀gembench.st" which I used to use with an Atari ST emulator - the thing is I can't seem to be able to delete this puppy. I've tried the usually excellent program Permissions Reset .

If you receive Invalid file handle error during rename, delete, copy, etc. operations in Windows 11/10/8/7, here is a simple solution that will fix your problem ...

Uner my Temp directory, I have another directory called Memtest86_4.0. Below that I have a directory called ISOLINUX. In that directory I have a zero-byte file called "MEMTEST.". I cannot delete the ...

One of the most common problems that arises when attempting to clean out your system is a file's unwillingness to be deleted. This can be caused by a number of factors, including file or folder ...

I am very sure that many a times when you try to open, delete or move a file or a folder, you get an error message saying it is already in use. Even after trying to ...

I have a folder on a USB memory stick, which I cannot delete. When I try to remove it I get the message: ‘Cannot delete file: Cannot read from the source file or disk’. I originally downloaded some ...