[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]You might have came across the situation that you want to delete a file but it’s in use so you can’t! I have a solution to that which I would like to tell you, it’s useful and pretty simple though.
All you gonna need is regedit.exe
Let’s say you want to delete a file say shell32.dll which is located at C:\Windows\System32
-Just open regedit.exe from Run. Navigate to :
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager
-Create a new value PendingFileRenameOperations of type REG_MULTI_SZ (Multi string value)
Write:
\??\C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll
Just this! What this will do is delete shell32.dll from C:\Windows\System32 the next time you restart your windows.
If you want to add one more schedule then just enter 2 blank lines and type a new command just like above.
Just like you delete the files you can also change the files on restart.
Consider you want to change shell32.dll in C:\Windows\System32 on next reboot with Shell32.dll located at D:\Somefolder
Type this:
\??\D:\Somefolder\shell32.dll !\??\C:\Windows\system32\shell32.dll
In case you don’t like typing the whole thing in regedit then you can also use a software Movefile by sysinternals.
Download link for movefile.
Have a look at my PendingFileRenameOperations:
Ever came across an issue that you wanted to rename, move, replace or perform any action on a file on Windows but windows pops up annoying message “The action cannot completed because this file is open in something or someone is using this file” or other similar annoying messages.?
