At work I have been noticing an increase in time it takes to remove a file from a solution. Several weeks ago it took about ten seconds, but recently it has been taking a few minutes.
The other day while waiting for a file to be deleted I decided to figure out what was causing the problem. I was able to do some research, find the problem, and fix the problem while Visual Studio was trying to remove a file Once I fixed the problem the file finished deleting.

The Fix

It’s a simple fix, really. Empty your recycle bin. I had about two gigabytes of files and after removing them, the deletion process took less than a second. It’s unusual to be happy when you get what should have received in the first place. Then again, it’s a Microsoft product. Maybe I should be happy it works most of the time .

Tags | Visual Studio, Windows