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Why Can’t I Alter In-use Files on Windows Like I Can on Linux and OS X?

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When you’re using Linux and OS X, the operating system won’t stop you from deleting a file currently in use yet on Windows you’ll be expressly barred from doing so. What gives? Why can you edit and delete in-use files on Unix-derived systems but not Windows?


Today’s Question & Answer session comes to us courtesy of SuperUser—a subdivision of Stack Exchange, a community-driven grouping of Q&A web sites.




















by Jason Fitzpatrick via How-To Geek
Why Can’t I Alter In-use Files on Windows Like I Can on Linux and OS X? Why Can’t I Alter In-use Files on Windows Like I Can on Linux and OS X? Reviewed by Ossama Hashim on March 19, 2013 Rating: 5

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