Unable to open the excel as it says file being used or busy even on killing excel

[Rabiya_Begum]

Hi Team,

I have an issue where i’m unable to reopen a killed excel file as its giving an issue that its being used by another user.
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[Kanak_Lata_Singh]

Hi @Rabiya_Begum

Please refer this

Error message: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process

The error message “The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process” typically indicates that a file is locked or in use by another application or process, preventing your process (in this case, your UiPath automation) from accessing or modifying it. This error is not directly related to UiPath but is a general Windows file system error. The file you are trying to access may be opened and locked by another application or process. This could be a different software…

[Ramya_25 (Ramya N)]

In your windows click Ctrl+Alt+Del and go to task manager. In that Click on Excel whichever opened and select End task. After that run the flow

[lrtetala (Lakshman Reddy)]

Hi @Rabiya_Begum

Don’t combine excel activities and workbook activities.

Regards,

[Anil_G (Anil Gorthi)]

@Rabiya_Begum

is that excel in a network flder or one drive if yes then it might be becasue of the sync issues…

try to not use files directly from there

instead copy to local folder do your tasks and copy back

cheers