Running Windows 7 Enterprise I continually see this message while trying to either move or delete a directory. No applications are open that should be locking the directory. Through random chance I found that emptying the recycle bin when this occurs would often resolve the issue. I think I’ve traced the issue back to windows thumbnail caching. Turning this off seems to have resolved the issue. The easiest way to do this is as follows:
- Start – enter gpedit.msc in the search window
- Select
- User Configuration
- Windows Components
- Windows Explorer
- Turn off caching of thumbnails in hidden thumbs.db files
- Select enabled and okay
- Next either reboot or
- Launch a shell and run ‘gpupdate /force’
So far this seems to have resolved the issue. I’d much prefer a more elegant solution, but sometimes a rock is all you have. Hope that saves somebody some frustration.