Files that are in use by a program are locked from being changed by other programs. Usually this is a good thing but sometimes you have a file that is locked when you don't think it should be. What is using that file? Is it malicious?
There are several ways to identify which program is locking-up a file:
NET SESSION at the command line
NET FILE at the command line
HANDLE.EXE from www.sysinternals.com
PROCESSEXPLORE.EXE from www.sysinternals.com
PROCESSMONITOR.EXE from www.sysinternals.com
COMPMGMT.MSC and "shared folders" -> "open files"
FSMGMT.MSC
To get a list of programs that hold a specific file open:
C:\> oh <locked file>
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