Deleting files, skipping 'in use' files

I routinely delete files manually in the cookies and temporary folders. Many times while deleting a range of files, a message box will pop-up indicating that a particular file may be in use and cannot be deleted. After clicking Okay, instead of continuing the deletion of remaining files, the file manager halts the deletion process leaving deletable files in the folders . Is there a way to overcome the interruption and have file manager complete deletion of all of the erasable files and just ignore those than cannot be erased?

 

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I understand you have a folder with several files, want to delete all and then get that message. If I am trying to delete files when I have been using the PC for a while (and several programs are running), I have never found a way to have the delete function skip the files in use and delete the rest.
Maybe someone else can comment.
Having said that,
1) Close the program whose files are "in use" (use Task Manager if necessary) and try again?
2) Or (very clunky) delete each file individually. If you get the message again, you will have to close that program, too.
If you do not know what program is involved, then I sometimes find that if I reboot, files that produced the message now have, in fact, been deleted.
3) Reboot in SafeMode. Now you may be able to delete all files without getting the message, since very few programs start in Safe Mode.
PeteC has also given you some good advice about what files should not be deleted. If you have installed a new program, you should reboot before trying to delete any files, especially Temp files dated the day of installation. Those files may still be needed and the installation may not be complete until you reboot. Then you can delete the Temp files.

 

When I get this error, i close explorer through Task manager - restart it then i can delete the files.

Maybe doing this before starting to delete will stop this error showing in the first place

Regards,