Normally, the application gets this error when it tries to access a file that is being used or locked by some another process.
Solution:
Ensure that the file you are trying to access is not being used by any other process.
Following points could help you in troubleshooting:
- Ensure that the file is not opened in any editor or IDE i.e. Notepad, Visual Studio etc.
- Ensure that the file is not opened on the same machine by some other user in the same network. You can ask that user to verify if he/she has opened the same file in some process from his account.
- Ensure that you close the data stream once it has been used.