Some times while try to deleting a file we may got a error message like
"It is being used by another person or program."
This means we can't delete a file, if it is being used.
I provide a solution to handle this kind of exception.
        /// <summary>
        /// This function is used to check specified file being used or not
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="file">FileInfo of required file</param>
        /// <returns>If that specified file is being processed 
        /// or not found is return true</returns>
public static Boolean IsFileLocked(FileInfo file)
        {
            FileStream stream = null;
            try
            {
                //Don't change FileAccess to ReadWrite, 
                //because if a file is in readOnly, it fails.
stream = file.Open
(
FileMode.Open,
FileAccess.Read,
FileShare.None
);
}
            catch (IOException)
            {
                //the file is unavailable because it is:
                //still being written to
                //or being processed by another thread
                //or does not exist (has already been processed)
return true;
}
            finally
            {
if (stream != null)
stream.Close();
}
            //file is not locked
return false;
}
     /// This function is used to delete all files inside a folder 
public static void CleanFiles()
     {
if (Directory.Exists("FOLDER_PATH"))
            {
var directory = new DirectoryInfo("FOLDER_PATH");
foreach (FileInfo file in directory.GetFiles())
               { 
                  if(!IsFileLocked(file)) file.Delete(); 
}
}
}
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