I often find that for whatever reason, photoshop seems to lock psd files from being able to be moved or deleted. Well, it turns out that this is probably a bug between photoshop 7 and windows Explorer.exe
A lot of people talk about using the program “unlocker” to fix issues of “error deleting file or folder”, “cannot delete folder: it is used by another person or program”, etc, and while this program does work, I found that you can basically get the same results using Process Explorer from Sysinternals(now owned by Microsoft).
If you already have Process Explorer on your system, one way to try to “unlock” a stubborn file that won’t let you move or delete it is to search for the file name and then close any handles that have it open. To do this, first close any programs that may have the file open. Then in process explorer, enable the lower pane and set it to view handles(Use the dll/handles toggle icon on the toolbar). Now click “Find” on the menu of process explorer and then find handle or dll. Enter the name of the file(you do not need the entire path, just the file name and extension) and you will see it show up in the bottom pane window. You should now be in the handles for Explorere.exe. If so, right click the highlighted handle, and select “close handle”. Click yes to confirm. Now, go back the file and try to move or delete it. You should now be able to do what you want with the file!
