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petilon 39 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Microsoft reveals why Windows 11 keeps saying a fi...

No, you can't rename a file in use, unless it is explicitly opened with a sharing flag (which most applications don't).

ralferoo 39 days ago [–]

I don't know, but that's what the article says Microsoft recommended as a workaround.

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