Error deleting file in IIS

Question

I'm getting this error while deleting files from archive folder. I'm trying to delete the archived folders/files created by IIS Media Services using Expression Encoder 4 Pro SP2.

When I delete these file by C# code or manually I'm getting file is open in IIS Worker Process.

I tried to move this file and then delete it, set the file length to 0 using FileStream's SetLength function, but no success.

I tried THIS but it needs restart and I can not restart my machine. Restart my machine will stop my other smooth streaming videos.

My machine is Azure Virtual Machine and has limited storage. At present there are 0 bytes free and I can not start my encoding.

Can you please tell me how can I solve this problem?

Answer 1

For .Net Core applications you need to Stop corresponding Application Pool in IIS

Answer 2

You Need not to restart your website. there is a simple solution. find the below image.

You have to click the stop site. still its not working, click show all applications and click on stop all.

Answer 3

I am also having the same issue just restarted website and everything goes well, now I can do from what i am prevented to.

Answer 4

Thanks Silvermind.

Finally I solved it. But, unfortunately I restarted my virtual machine before this solution. IIS Worker Process was locking the files, which I wanted to delete. To delete these files I stopped the IIS media services publish-points from IIS and then tried to delete files and it worked!!! for me.