Photoshop "won't let go" of image files

Just one example of a general issue: I'm in Windows (Vista) Explorer, in a folder filled with TIF files. I open one TIF file in Photoshop (CS3) ... do something to it, and resave. Then that image is CLOSED, so there's NOTHING open in Photoshop. Next, I try to rename (or move) that folder ... can't do it! Not until Photoshop is CLOSED. In other words, strictly in Windows terms, once a file has been saved AND CLOSED in Photoshop, the "path" to that file cannot be altered until Photoshop itself is closed.
There's gotta be a way around this, but I sure can't figure it out. Would be very grateful for anyone's help. Thanks!

Thanks, Chris, but I have only the slightest comprehension of what a "shell extension" is ... if your reply contains a solution to my situation, could you "dumb it down" just a little? And as I said to Curt ... if the best answer is, "Well, that's just the way it is ... it's a Windows problem," then presumably tens of thousands of people would be raisin' hell about this. Logically, there must be something else going on here.

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