moving folders question

passingthrough

this may sound like a very stupid question or have a very simple answer but when i try to move folders around in 'My Music' i says i cant because they are open in another programme. i have everything closed except the folder and it still says i cant move them. anyone got any ideas why

chin_grin

It could be explorer.exe that's the problem. Or do you have any programs that would need to access those folders (like Windows Media Player or iTunes).

If you close everything open up My Music and try to do it again does it work?

Try Unlocker if that doesn't help. It's a handier way of seeing what's locking a file.

http://www.filehippo.com/download_unlocker/

Lazarus2.0

Unlocker is a handy little utility that will tell you what is 'using' the file(s) and will release the handle .

ArtyM

Could be an AV doing a scan at the time
You could also start in safe mode - you should be able to complete the move/copy then

Cork Skate

Try going to Start -> Right click on 'My Computer' and go to 'Manage' -> go to 'Shared Folders' -> go to 'Open Files' and that might should what files are open