file locks

  1. Why Windows 11 Says File Is in Use: Handles, DLLs, Antivirus, and Fixes

    Microsoft’s Mark Russinovich has explained that Windows 11 can keep reporting a closed file as “in use” because another process, antivirus scanner, network client, or loaded DLL may still hold a handle or memory reference to it. The short version is that Windows is not lying so much as speaking...