cannot delete a folder as it is taken by svchost....


  1. Ron Wolpa
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    cannot delete a folder as it is taken by svchost....


    Cannot delete a folder [ The Action Can't be Completed Because the Folder or a File in it is Open ] resmon identified it is taken by svchost.exe (LocalService –p ) PID = 9876
    As the folder is nothing but a storage for other folders with ttf fonts , I don´t see the reason to be in use by svchost. Any suggestion on what’s going on around here ? Thanks.

    PS.: by the way on the resource monitor after having clicked end process once I won´t be able to do it again for the other folders because end process menu no longer works


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  3. dalchina
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    Hi, try
    LockHunter is a free 64/32 bit tool to delete files blocked by any processes
    or
    Emco UnlockIT
    - both free.
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  4. Ron Wolpa
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    Nope!
    Installed LockHunter ran it to unlock the folder and :
    "Cannot unlock the file because some processes are still locking..try to unlock the file again ... The process is the damn svchost.exe (Service : FontCache ) and System PID: 4.
    I´ve never seen a ttf font folder do that.
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  6. dalchina
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    Thank you for your reply.

    Those programs allow you to specify that the folder be deleted on restart.

    I particularly like Emco Unlockit in that respect.

    Otherwise boot to a command prompt and do it from there.

    There are other threads about deleting locked folders if you care to search tenforums.

    Or you can boot from a live boot disk and then delete it.
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  7. Ron Wolpa
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    Yeah I thought to boot on safe mode and then move the folder.
    But still there is no explanation about what happened to a ttf font folder to behave in such weird way.
    Thank you for your answer
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  8. FreeBooter
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    Disable and stop Windows Font Cache Service from Services console.
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  9. dalchina
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    Ron Wolpa said:
    Yeah I thought to boot on safe mode and then move the folder.
    But still there is no explanation about what happened to a ttf font folder to behave in such weird way.
    Thank you for your answer
    Thank you for your reply.

    No, that's completely unrelated to what I said. Do you notice I highighted
    restart? I.e. use the program to have the file deleted when your PC restarts.

    Look... here's the option it offers:
    cannot delete a folder as it is taken by svchost....-untitled.png

    Do you see where I've highlighted restart?
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  10. Ron Wolpa
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    Yes thanks ! But I don´t want to delete the folder , I intend to move the folder into another location.
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  12. dalchina
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    Then may I ask why your first post doesn't mention that?? The title says 'delete'.

    You can freely move the folder if you
    - boot to a command prompt
    - boot from a live boot disk

    or see
    Download EMCO MoveOnBoot - MajorGeeks
    free
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