The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.

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am getting exception that
[System.IO.IOException] = {"The process cannot access the file 'D:\\SerialNumberBasedReport 8-6-2012.xls' because it is being used by another process."}

This file is opened.
when am trying to delete this file through code in c#.
How to find whether file is opened or not in C#.

Posted 5-Aug-12 20:50pm

kalaivanan from Bangalore, India

Updated 8-Jun-16 19:45pm

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Solution 3

Try following link

http://code.top10idea.com/2012/07/18/c-the-process-cannot-access-the-file-because-it-is-being-used-by-another-process/[^]

Posted 2-Dec-12 23:32pm

rai.ashish123

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Try following link

http://www.dreamincode.net/code/snippet3245.htm[^]

Posted 5-Aug-12 21:04pm

AshishChaudha

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_Amy · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-05T20:54:00

Solution 1

Yes, The exception is obvious, Because you file(D:\\SerialNumberBasedReport 8-6-2012.xls) is already open in MS Excel or some other application might be using it. Try closing the file to ignore the exception.

--Amit

Posted 5-Aug-12 20:54pm

_Amy

Updated 5-Aug-12 20:55pm

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kalaivanan from Bangalore, India 6-Aug-12 2:56am

Thank you for your reply.
In this i want to whether file is opened or not.how to find file is opened or not.

_Amy 6-Aug-12 3:02am

Catch your System.IO.IOException using try catch block and show the alert message to user in catch block. :)

kalaivanan from Bangalore, India 6-Aug-12 3:05am

thanks Amit

AshishChaudha 6-Aug-12 3:11am

my 5! amit

_Amy 6-Aug-12 3:14am

Thank you Ashish. :)

Dhasarathan T 20-Sep-14 9:40am

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