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The process cannot access the file because another process has locked some of it

Hello, this an error message that I received, while refeshing my data.

 

"The process cannot access the file because another process has locked some of it"

 

Does some kind people have any idea what could be done to make it all right ?Capture6.PNG

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v-xuding-msft
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Hi @Anonymous ,

According to the error message, this issue should be caused by the file that you operated is used by other process. Please check whether it is read or write by other process. you need to close it.

 

Best Regards,

Xue Ding

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Best Regards,
Xue Ding
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

HI, Getting this error very frequently and not able to fix it even if we try to reopen from source path..Is there a solution to it.. 

 

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