The Action Cannot Be Completed Because the File Is Open in COM Surrogate FIX
16The Action Cannot Be Completed Because the File Is Open in COM Surrogate FIX
You may come across a situation where you are unable to rename a file on your Windows computer despite the file not being open anywhere. If you go on to rename it, you may see an error: File In Use, The action cannot be completed because the file is open in COM Surrogate.
Issues addressed in this tutorial:
the action cannot be completed because the folder or a file in it is open in another program
the action cannot be completed because the file is open in system
the action cannot be completed because the folder or a file in it is open in system
the action cannot be completed because the file is open in windows explorer
the action cannot be completed because the file is open
the action cannot be completed because the file is open in java(tm) platform se binary
the action cannot be completed because the file is open in Microsoft Edge
the action cannot be completed because the file is open in system windows 11
the action cannot be completed because the file is open in another program
the action cannot be completed as the file is open in system
the action cannot be completed as the file is open in another program
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the action cannot be completed as the file is open in windows explorer
the action cannot be completed because the file is open in com surrogate
The error message "The Action Cannot Be Completed Because the File Is Open in COM Surrogate" has been known to pop up while attempting to rename a file. On Windows 10, this has also been known to happen when you right-click on any file, and select Properties, Details and "Remove Properties and Personal Information," followed by "Remove the following properties." Here are a few things to check.
This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops, and tablets running the Windows 10 and Windows 11 operating systems (Home, Professional, Enterprise, Education) from all supported hardware manufactures, like Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba, Lenovo, Alienware, Razer, MSI, Huawei , Microsoft Surface, and Samsung.