Windows 11 Can't delete files because they are open in COM Surrogate

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EverydayAden

So I've just started having a problem where sometimes deleting files and folders will result in this dialog appearing, or "the folder cannot be deleted because it is open in another program." Why is this happening?I hope I don't have a virus looking through my stuff or something.

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