*The process cannot access the file because it is ...

# android-studio

[Zoltan Demant]

The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.

Besides the time consuming ways: killing java.exe, rebooting, invalidate caches..

Is there any other way I can either stop this from happening, or at least fix it in a faster way?

It only happens when compiling Android on Windows, happens roughly every 2-3 minutes.

[ephemient]

you won't have that issue if you use Linux or macos