I’ve looked into this issue, but couldn’t find a definitive solution. Often, when attempting to delete a file or folder, I encounter the ‘action cannot be completed because the file is open in COM Surrogate’ error message. My go-to solutions have been either shutting down COM Surrogate in Task Manager or simply rebooting the system.

Is there a permanent fix available for this recurring problem?

​I’ve looked into this issue, but couldn’t find a definitive solution. Often, when attempting to delete a file or folder, I encounter the ‘action cannot be completed because the file is open in COM Surrogate’ error message. My go-to solutions have been either shutting down COM Surrogate in Task Manager or simply rebooting the system. Is there a permanent fix available for this recurring problem?  Read More

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