delete a file locked by another process in C#

Question

delete a file locked by another process in C# File.Delete(file); not working gives error i have to delete forcefully delete it

Kapil Sharma · Answer

System.GC.Collect(); System.GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers(); File.Delete(filepath);

Vulpes · Answer

Please don't delete threads which have already received replies as they may be useful to other members. As I said in the previous (deleted) thread you will have to kill the other process to release the file handle. You can either do this from the Task Manager or you can use code similar to this: using System.Diagnostics; // ... Process[] procs = Process.GetProcessesByName(notepad); // or whatever process is if (procs.Length > 0) procs[0].Kill(); File.Delete should then work.