If you can't edit a file in any application, including the Terminal, then it may have a lock flag associated with it. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author to ...

June 8, 2007 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Windows only: Determine what programs are using a locked file with freeware utility, WhoLockMe. We recently covered ...

We've all been there: We're using code to automate something and send to a specific file, or attempting to relocate a file from one folder to another. We find the file and think it's available to open ...

Note: This is a pretty old trick. So many of you might be knowing this already. But some are still unaware of this, hence I thought of letting them know. I am very sure that many a times when you try ...

Unable to delete, move, or perform any action on a file because it is locked by a process? Find out which process is locking a file in Windows 11/10 using various methods discussed in this article.

The cybersecurity community has struck a fresh blow against ransomware with the release of a new tool which decrypts files locked through the Petya ransomware family. The spread of ransomware through ...

Users with external hard drives or other storage devices may run into problems accessing files on these devices, especially when attempting to delete files that are reported by Mac OS X to be "locked" ...

I am very sure that many a times when you try to open, delete or move a file or a folder, you get an error message saying it is already in use. Even after trying to ...

I am writing this in order to get a better understanding of why my computer is acting strange. For some time now whenever I try to open my iTunes I get this error ...

In brief: Cybersecurity firm Bitdefender has released a new tool to help MegaCortex ransomware victims unlock their files, which is great news for those that have had files locked down for years.