Adobe general problem affecting Bridge

This is specific to Windows OS.  Sometimes (very often) I'll try to delete a file (or rename a file) and Windows will say that the file is open in Adobe Illustrator and will not allow me to delete the file.  If I'm using Bridge and I try to delete a file, at first, simply nothing happens.  After a few seconds, an error message pops up that something has gone wrong with Bridge.  This message will pop up again after a few seconds.  Bridge becomes unstable and crashes shortly thereafter.