How to Fix the “The action cannot be completed because the file is open” Windows Error

Are you getting a “The action cannot be completed because the file is open” error while trying to rename, move, or delete a file on your Windows PC? I’ll show you several ways to get around this.



Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:23 Restart Windows File Explorer
0:46 Clear the Windows File Thumbnail Cache
1:21 Open Folder Windows in a Separate Process
1:55 Turn Off Controlled Folder Access
2:33 Clean Boot Your Windows 11/10 Operating System
3:03 End screen



What you will learn:
1. Restart Windows File Explorer
2. Clear the Windows File Thumbnail Cache
a. How to analyze your drive’s contents
b. How to deletes all your thumbs.db files
3. Open Folder Windows in a Separate Process
a. How to isolate your folder windows’ processes so that one entity’s issues don’t affect others
b. How to Turn on the Launch folder windows in a separate process option
4. Turn Off Controlled Folder Access
a. How to Disable the Controlled folder access option
5. Clean Boot Your Windows 11/10 Operating System
a. How to Hide all Microsoft services and disable it

















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Video Link: https://youtu.be/pf5Is-T5fGE

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