It is currently in use by another Gradle instance

Question

I\'m new to Gradle build system. I want to do some basic functions on it. I\'m running/building it in command line. I am referring User guide. And, doing some simple tasks.<

Answer 1

It was not necessary for me to remove any files to fix this error.

The issue I had is that Gradle instances had hung and were 6 command prompt entries in my task list that were spawned by Java.

Forcing the command prompt instances to close allowed me to continue work as usual.