Fix The action cannot be completed because the file is open in another program on Windows 10/11

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  • Fix The action cannot be completed because the file is open in another program on Windows 11 and Windows 10
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  • @J_Clean_1996
    @J_Clean_1996 Před rokem +630

    The fact that Try Again doesn't just override it is so beyond aggravating.

  • @DivaInTheWoods
    @DivaInTheWoods Před 2 lety +435

    Love it! Straight to the point, no distracting dialogue, stressed the steps visually, and solved my issue. THIS is how tutorials should be done!

  • @gayatritankar7856
    @gayatritankar7856 Před rokem +23

    wow, it's amazing thank you so much. No drama, just straight to the point. You're such a time saver.

  • @mapg519
    @mapg519 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Tx, straight to the point, no beginning, no voices, no intro just in there

  • @scotthasanosebleed
    @scotthasanosebleed Před 3 lety +21

    Thank you!! I downloaded an online version of premiere pro, and to make it download you had to add it as an administrator. To make a long story short, I regretted downloading it, and uninstalling it didn’t take it away from being an administrator. I got to the Adobe file and it couldn’t be deleted because it said a programme was running. So, used this video and now I’m pretty sure it isn’t an administrator anymore! Thank you SO much honesty you’ve made me a lot less worried about being on my laptop now, knowing that there’s not a company I don’t trust as an administrator

  • @azazi4228
    @azazi4228 Před 3 lety +337

    you helped me after 1 year iam actually was going to destroy my pc

  • @CentralFloridaCoasters
    @CentralFloridaCoasters Před 3 měsíci

    You are the geek we've needed. Thank you so much, I cannot express how happy I am to delete a folder that is not in use.

  • @umarmoolla
    @umarmoolla Před rokem +8

    Thanks man. To the point, no sideshows. This works flawlessly.

  • @JoaquinCyrusPalomares
    @JoaquinCyrusPalomares Před rokem +55

    Straight to the point. nice tutorial. simple yet effective! very helpful. keep up the good work

  • @jadchamoun1795
    @jadchamoun1795 Před 3 lety +55

    I WISH I FOUND THIS VIDEO 3 HOURS EARLIER. YOUR 1 MINUTE COMPARED TO THE 10 OTHER VIDEOS I'VE WATCHED SOLVED MY PROBLEM INSTANTLY

  • @tomasmartinez8718
    @tomasmartinez8718 Před rokem +1

    You are amazing my dude, something so simple but at the same time so useful, hope you have a great week!

  • @jamesderek4866
    @jamesderek4866 Před měsícem +1

    Thank you! Also if "Access is denied" showed in the screen, find the Command Prompt and right click it, run as administrator. Also, each file that you see, if they have different numbers, each number, unique, end the process, one by one, not each copy, only the original number (e.g 1, 4, 5 ->> not 5,5,5)

  • @freedwrld
    @freedwrld Před 4 lety +197

    THIS GUY DESERVES TRILLIONS OF SUBS NO CAP

  • @junior9417
    @junior9417 Před 2 lety +37

    Short and simple, straight to the point
    I love it
    ❤️

  • @senin_an_spenin
    @senin_an_spenin Před 9 měsíci +2

    When I tried to do this it says access denied. I’m literally the admin I don’t get how I don’t have access to my own personal pc this is so frustrating

  • @ecc2341
    @ecc2341 Před rokem +4

    it just says access is denied

  • @chris07.r
    @chris07.r Před 3 lety +37

    ngl this is probably the most useful video on youtube you deserve more subs tysm

  • @searlxava540
    @searlxava540 Před 4 lety +21

    Your an absolute king!!!I've been so pressed over this error for 6 hours praise to you

  • @Zyclon_Break
    @Zyclon_Break Před 6 měsíci

    Im sitting now a good hour on my .exe Programm not running but still running. Not showing up in taskmanager. In resource manager i found it and as i tried to end the process it denied my access even though i ran it as a Host. Then i tried it in console with Taskkill Forcefully and it said that it couldn‘t end the task because it does nothing. So im basically sitting here with a closed task that is still open. I even tried to end the whole process root but again it denied me acces. Strange.

  • @fckgooogle1000x
    @fckgooogle1000x Před rokem +3

    Nice job for keeping it simple and straight to the point

  • @SuperWiiBros08
    @SuperWiiBros08 Před 3 lety +132

    Thanks, turns out a part of sony vegas's "Sony VST Server" was still using the folder I wanted to deleted

  • @one_viewer
    @one_viewer Před rokem +11

    Very simple and straight forward instruction. Easy to understand kudos to your vid man.

  • @SAADBILAL1
    @SAADBILAL1 Před měsícem

    Thanks for the solution, can we do it through task manager by end task, killing the process of the folder need to delete?

  • @him3172
    @him3172 Před 5 měsíci +1

    did this still isn't deleting. ejected it from computer still isn't deleting. Just what is wrong with my pc

  • @ayok3421
    @ayok3421 Před 4 lety +243

    Seriously I've watched many videos how to delete the folder but all of them were 😡 fake but this one did solve my problems.
    Thnx

  • @shuhshelby
    @shuhshelby Před 3 lety +13

    I can't thank you enough! I was trying to delete an unwanted file for soooo long, I'll definitely use this again and share it.

  • @alyt1605
    @alyt1605 Před 7 měsíci

    Please help me😭,idk if i delete the wrong file but after i end process i got black screen but i can see the mouse moving around tho.

  • @KingSlayer-vx1uo
    @KingSlayer-vx1uo Před 5 měsíci

    I have the same problem but im tryna paste the file in another folder not delete, it so how can i paste a file in another folder without getting this error?

  • @realkatv
    @realkatv Před 2 lety +3

    very short and no dialogue distraction This is exactly what i needed, Thank you!

  • @sbrsnndbd284
    @sbrsnndbd284 Před 2 lety +4

    Straight to the point and nothing extra thank you so much bro

  • @nmnovb
    @nmnovb Před 4 měsíci

    Help, please, the way you show doesn't work as there is no list of applications opened below when I copy file name.

  • @chomsky72
    @chomsky72 Před 21 dnem +1

    Nothing shows up under Associated Handles when I type in the folder name.

  • @craignielsen6598
    @craignielsen6598 Před 2 lety +3

    This is really helpful, I was struggling to delete a folder but now I was finally able to get rid of it.

  • @ritiksharan4575
    @ritiksharan4575 Před 4 lety +31

    Hundred percent working.
    At once my laptop screen is off but when restart then it will all fine.
    If you have this problem try it.

  • @derekilopan
    @derekilopan Před 6 měsíci +1

    Holy shit you're a life saver. Short and to the point. That is a rarity in YT. Thank you very much. Subbed and bookmarked.

  • @TheWeeman007
    @TheWeeman007 Před rokem

    This video is the only video that made that process so simple. Thank you

  • @dqw4w9wgxcq8
    @dqw4w9wgxcq8 Před 4 lety +49

    I clicked "End Process" and everything just went black, i unplugged and plugged and now i can delete useless folder that takes up 15.3GB space.

  • @matrix7032
    @matrix7032 Před 2 lety +4

    Perfect short and simple no time wasting thanks!

  • @specialtalkswithshriti
    @specialtalkswithshriti Před 10 měsíci

    The folder that I wish to delete...was not shown in the search results..what to do?

  • @gameingwithaj
    @gameingwithaj Před rokem

    You got straight to the point. I love it and thank you so much.❤

  • @oscars2441
    @oscars2441 Před 3 lety +6

    naming my first child after the geek page.... thanks!

  • @zulkarnineakash1027
    @zulkarnineakash1027 Před 4 lety +18

    Man, My pc got blank for instance after following those steps! Could've get a heart attack! :') but I deleted it after restarting my pc again! Thanks anyway!

    • @Rachit99
      @Rachit99 Před 3 lety

      Mera bhi blank hua hai kya kru

    • @zulkarnineakash1027
      @zulkarnineakash1027 Před 3 lety +1

      @@Rachit99 Follow the steps, Restart your computer (Probably it will automatically restart) Or force shut down, Then try to delete it.

    • @Rachit99
      @Rachit99 Před 3 lety +1

      @@zulkarnineakash1027 thanq for this bro

    • @zulkarnineakash1027
      @zulkarnineakash1027 Před 3 lety

      @@priyankachougule545 Dumb question, I added, *Probably it will restart automatically.* -_-

    • @yessirthatsme6302
      @yessirthatsme6302 Před 3 lety +1

      OMFG SAME HERE I WAS SO SCARED

  • @StudyShot09
    @StudyShot09 Před 3 měsíci +1

    I clicked on end process and it showed access denied and my computer luck turned out black all of a sudden. Any help?

  • @toibun1933
    @toibun1933 Před rokem

    thanks.tôi rất cảm ơn bạn vì trong máy tính tôi có 1 file cứng đầu,kể cả dùng lệnh để xóa cũng không được.sau video thì tôi thấy bạn đã có 1 cách xóa rất hay,tôi rất cảm kích.

  • @theking-fy1rp
    @theking-fy1rp Před 4 lety +17

    Thank you so much, i had been looking how to fix that damn thing for almost 6 hours

  • @armandotf2
    @armandotf2 Před 2 lety +5

    I'm saving this tutorial because its one of the most useful.

  • @876Abb
    @876Abb Před měsícem

    5yrs later, this is still a lifesaver!

  • @osasodibo
    @osasodibo Před 10 měsíci

    Does only work for delete?...what of copy and paste?

  • @justmax234
    @justmax234 Před 3 lety +6

    i thought i downloaded a non-uninstable virus. This helped me so much. Thank you

    • @FuelzH
      @FuelzH Před 3 lety +1

      relatable thank god im not the only one

    • @RiSh4n_
      @RiSh4n_ Před 3 lety

      same

  • @therocketpoweredrocket9987

    i deleted the wrong files and killed my laptop

  • @user-rk2qh8xw8c
    @user-rk2qh8xw8c Před 9 měsíci

    Need help my screen turn black after I ended the process, Any ideas on how to fix it? I try to turn it off using power button but still it didn't work.

  • @AnosVoldigoad_20
    @AnosVoldigoad_20 Před 10 měsíci +1

    I can't tell you how much this video was useful ! thank you .😊

  • @blueheat7245
    @blueheat7245 Před 3 lety +3

    Dude honestly, thank you so much! I saw so many other videos on this but, you were the only one who actually help so thank you so much! :D

  • @terryli5953
    @terryli5953 Před 4 lety +17

    what if the file isn't showing up in the associated handles section.

    • @skiddzplayz10
      @skiddzplayz10 Před 4 lety +1

      Exactly

    • @WolfyMasterGaming
      @WolfyMasterGaming Před 4 lety

      You could try deleting it in safe boot ig

    • @skiddzplayz10
      @skiddzplayz10 Před 4 lety +1

      Wolfy Master i turn on my antivirus thing and it delete it for me

    • @gjf9933
      @gjf9933 Před 3 lety

      copy url where the file is located in assiociated handles. example C:\Users\JesusFerrer\Downloads. but first remove all files in that folder except the files you want to delete. then you can end process and turn into black screen ctrl alt del. then restart your computer. now you can delete the file

    • @yorumcuturk
      @yorumcuturk Před 3 lety

      If its not comes up, try to type exact file name. e.g. text.exe. NOT Folder name

  • @notforyou588
    @notforyou588 Před 3 měsíci +1

    I tried many methods but nothing worked but then i saw this video and it finally worked, thanks it was really helpful.

  • @TheGrahamCracker
    @TheGrahamCracker Před 6 měsíci

    is there a faster way to end them? like a end all processes

  • @loufoo5394
    @loufoo5394 Před 3 lety +5

    omgg ty i needed this for so long

  • @EliCM
    @EliCM Před 4 lety +83

    HOLY CRUD YOU SAVED MY LIFE

  • @TheYEETgod6106
    @TheYEETgod6106 Před 11 měsíci

    it's giving me an error message just saying "access denied" idk why, it's MY computer idk who says i dont have access

  • @needless5489
    @needless5489 Před 4 lety +4

    Omg I love you! Been having a fight with my asshole of a laptop and you fixed it Thank you!

    • @santimeek5063
      @santimeek5063 Před 4 lety +2

      Thought you said you've been having a fight with your asshole 😂😂

  • @ItsAlnock-ov8ri
    @ItsAlnock-ov8ri Před 4 lety +16

    "Access is denied" how can we solv this

  • @RoxFruits
    @RoxFruits Před 3 měsíci

    Can u help me? I searched up the file i wanted to delete but it isnt there :(

  • @Kifrix._.
    @Kifrix._. Před 4 měsíci

    I tried this, and when I clicked "End Process" my screen turned black, and i restarted my pc and still couldn't delete the folder..

  • @dot1263
    @dot1263 Před 3 lety +3

    *this man needs lots of subs*

  • @clawsonkink8241
    @clawsonkink8241 Před 4 lety +5

    you're a life saver!

  • @madcat4563
    @madcat4563 Před rokem

    Thanks, this really helped a lot.
    My laptop was freaking out a bit, but a restart resolved the issue, and I could delete the two files.

  • @7uiiii
    @7uiiii Před rokem

    Wrf ! My computer screen went blank/gray (i think i stopped something which i shouldn't have )! What should i do now ???? Plz help

  • @OliverosMagic
    @OliverosMagic Před rokem +3

    Awesome. You just made the world a better place for me. I just couldn't delete this folder C Program Files (x86)Popcorn Time with the file Popcorn Time Updater.exe. Straight to the point, no bullshit dialogue and alot of shit explaination . Just simple and good explained. Love it. Thanks so mutch

  • @sillo-1750
    @sillo-1750 Před 4 lety +9

    YOU SAVED MY LIFE OML THANK YOU I WAS CRYIBG I THOUGHT I BROKE IT

  • @zalakshukla9888
    @zalakshukla9888 Před rokem

    Straight to the point..saved my day..Thank you🙂

  • @hereticpeople
    @hereticpeople Před 4 měsíci

    my pc is bugging, its going into this white screen where i cant see other apps, do you know how to fix this

  • @govblokk
    @govblokk Před 4 lety +3

    TYSM!!! THIS HELPED ME TWICE

  • @mox2941
    @mox2941 Před rokem

    im not sure if its a good idea to stop system32

  • @daleny462
    @daleny462 Před měsícem

    I am literally crying founding this out, Cuz my loptop is lagging bcuz of too many files from schools. Thank you very much man! And thank you because you straight to the point like clearly!

  • @ludlow7369
    @ludlow7369 Před 10 měsíci

    Friend, in "Associated Handles" that didn't work bc it didn't show up, but it did in the top section "Processes" and I was able to end the task there. btw, it also didn't show in task manager. very sneaky lock on a file.

  • @GameOver-ft2tj
    @GameOver-ft2tj Před 4 měsíci

    I did all the steps. When I pressed end procsed, a black screen appeared and I was very nervous. I restarted the device and now I deleted the file :) Thanks for the explanation, brother. 🤩

  • @Christmas-of1wz
    @Christmas-of1wz Před 2 měsíci

    Thank you very much! Your support means a lot to me. I've subscribed and liked everything I could because I've been worrying about this problem for a while, and you've really helped me out. I wish you all the luck in the world, and I hope you have an amazing day!

  • @skyrt7426
    @skyrt7426 Před 3 měsíci

    You just got a new subscriber. Nice work, mate : )

  • @ochtaphy7054
    @ochtaphy7054 Před 10 měsíci

    The file or folder i've been trying to delete didn't show up at the search results, is it because it's a text document? if so, how can i delete it

  • @abbasatebar2668
    @abbasatebar2668 Před rokem

    Thank you so much this saved me so much time. I had to look at like five videos before i finally found yours.

  • @ahmadshaikh7408
    @ahmadshaikh7408 Před rokem

    Yo guys it shows a grey screen and makes me restart the pc when I click end process do not try this on laptop with big file and please help me how to fix this I have 24 gb file that it does not lemme delete

  • @emi-yo8955
    @emi-yo8955 Před 6 měsíci

    hey i did this and now my pc is completely white and i tried everything even reseting it and its still the same.

  • @Ben-xf9jf
    @Ben-xf9jf Před 4 měsíci

    when i try and end the programme it says access denied. Does anyone know how to fix it would help alot? (I have already tried running as administrator)

  • @caolakota
    @caolakota Před 2 měsíci

    its possible with command line?

  • @UnknownEditorr
    @UnknownEditorr Před 8 měsíci

    It doesnt work bcz its opened in shell infrastructure host :(

  • @marcusrashford568
    @marcusrashford568 Před rokem

    it wont let me end process and keeps saying access denied, help!

  • @hank5587
    @hank5587 Před 6 měsíci

    You're my life saver buddy, my laptop is really slow thanks to the file that I couldn't delete but thanks to you I can enjoy using my laptop now☺

  • @aijazali3163
    @aijazali3163 Před 9 měsíci

    Thank you. Very helpful tutorial. Love such type of helping videos

  • @ElSherazi
    @ElSherazi Před 6 měsíci

    Never thought i gonna say this.. BUT. liked and subbed.
    love from Kuwait to you Indian yar

  • @PupNGaming
    @PupNGaming Před 5 měsíci

    ty it worked. i was worried for a sec tho cause when i clicked "End process" it made my whole pc glitch and go all white but i fixed it

  • @clydedaquioag913
    @clydedaquioag913 Před 10 měsíci

    after 4 years this is still helpful thank you:)

  • @gobjohnson9815
    @gobjohnson9815 Před 2 měsíci

    I type in the file name and I still can’t find it, I need help

  • @_kj_.
    @_kj_. Před měsícem

    😀😃Thank You So Much!! This Problem is really so annoying & because of you I am able to delete my unwanted Files 😌

  • @beatsgamer9918
    @beatsgamer9918 Před 9 měsíci

    this was really helpful. no bullshit and straight to the point!

  • @kirieton
    @kirieton Před 10 měsíci

    Hey I am having an issue where nothing appears on the associated handle, any one care to give a hand on this pls.

  • @user-fd8ce6ns8x
    @user-fd8ce6ns8x Před rokem

    Thank you so much sir...for this video...very helpful straight to the point

  • @juanfernandez1474
    @juanfernandez1474 Před 4 měsíci

    Excellent!!! clearly explained and straight to the topic! thank you very very much

  • @athargadialfatihsumantri3609

    PLEASE HELP I DELETED POWERISO AND THEN MY LAPTOP SCREEN TURN BLACK WTH CURSOR, I HAVE TURN OFF THE ON BUT STILL BLACK, HOW TO FIX

  • @yantinagas
    @yantinagas Před 7 měsíci

    omg thanks dude i struggling with this problem and then i found this video,nice video straight to the point of the video no much talk i love it keep the good video :D

  • @Yagirljamie
    @Yagirljamie Před 5 měsíci

    Thank you so much that issue is beyond irritating I was so livid by the fact that my computer wasn't listening to my commands so thank you