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I've used this question's answer by user "Moab" to give myself permission to delete an empty folder, so that I no longer get "accessed denied". However, now when I try removing this folder, I get a message that says "The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process." This is merely my "eclipse" (IDE) folder that I totally emptied out and am trying to delete, but for some reason cannot. I've tried quite a few things:

  • Via Windows Explorer:

    • Right Click -> Delete
  • Via Command Prompt

    • RD /S /Q eclipse
    • del /F eclipse
    • rmdir /S eclipse

I'm out of ideas, and I'd really like to delete this folder without having to install any software. I've done a bit of research and this is all I found that I could try. Does anyone have any other ideas?

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  • Is Eclipse running?
    – Bibhas
    Jun 17, 2012 at 19:34
  • No, it was not.
    – Mxyk
    Jun 17, 2012 at 19:43
  • Do you have hidden files shown? Folder Options > View > Show Hidden Files, Folders, and Drives
    – Usta
    Jun 18, 2012 at 3:25
  • I do have hidden files shown. The problem is resolves now though.
    – Mxyk
    Jun 18, 2012 at 16:09

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Well, it appears I've already solved my problem... well, perhaps this answer will help anyone else who views this question with a similar problem!

How could one forget about Safe Mode? I restarted my computer, held down F8 until I could choose to run the computer in Safe Mode with Command Prompt, and deleted the folder simply with rmdir /S eclipse, and finally issued a shutdown -s. Now I'm back and the darn folder is actually gone! It appears Safe Mode disallowed whatever "process" was "using" that eclipse folder from preventing me from deleting it.

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    Why on earth does Windows require a reboot to delete an empty folder? Further evidence that this OS is a joke, and we all have been punk'd... sigh
    – weberc2
    Jan 3, 2013 at 18:32
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  1. at first, log off your machine and then remove this folder;

  2. download "Unlocker" this software,install unlocker, right click this folder -->select unlocker --> select delete --> start

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