How To Delete System Blocked Files

How to delete Files/Folders which are being blocked by the processes running in the background. You will get the following error messages when you try to delete a file/folder which is being blocked by the System or Application Processes running in the Task manager: Access Is Denied Sharing Violation Error File/Folder is being used by applications. Please close the application and then try again. Solution: You need to kill the handle. To kill the handle, use Process Explorer from Sysinternals (at URL: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx) How to delete the handle: Run Process Explorer Go to Find menu > Enter File/Folder name and then click on Search. You will see a list of processes blocking the file/folder. Right click on the process and then click on Close Handle > Click Ok for confirmation. Now you can successfully delete the file.