The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process
delete-file, exception, file-io, vb.net
Solution
`Image.FromFile` actually locks the file it loads and only releases the lock once it is disposed.
The solution is to draw the image into another image’s graphics context (thus effectively copying it) and dispose the original image.
Problem
I am adding images to a FlowLayoutPanel control via the following code ``` Dim WithEvents Pedit As DevExpress.XtraEditors.PictureEdit Private Sub LoadImagesCommon(ByVal fi As FileInfo) Pedit = New DevExpress.XtraEditors.PictureEdit Pedit.Width = 133 Pedit.Height = 98 Pedit.Image = Image.FromFile(fi.FullName) Pedit.Properties.SizeMode = DevExpress.XtraEditors.Controls.PictureSizeMode.Zoom Pedit.ToolTip = fi.Name AddHandler Pedit.MouseClick, AddressOf Pedit_MouseClick AddHandler Pedit.MouseEnter, AddressOf Pedit_MouseEnter AddHandler Pedit.MouseLeave, AddressOf Pedit_MouseLeave FlowLayoutPanel1.Controls.Add(Pedit) End Sub ``` The problem is that i get the following error `The process cannot access the file xxxx because it is being used by another process.` when i try to delete the images that i loaded on the previous step. ``` FlowLayoutPanel1.Controls.Clear() FlowLayoutPanel1.Refresh() For Each fi As FileInfo In New DirectoryInfo(My.Settings.TempDirectory).GetFiles RemoveHandler Pedit.MouseClick, AddressOf Pedit_MouseClick RemoveHandler Pedit.MouseEnter, AddressOf Pedit_MouseEnter RemoveHandler Pedit.MouseLeave, AddressOf Pedit_MouseLeave File.Delete(fi.FullName) Next ``` So what am i doing wrong here?