Handle removing files better

[Bodigrim]

Closes #11606.

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[zlonast]

Personally, I like this pull request, just like renameFileWithRetry. But it doesn't prevent the silent death of the build on Windows.

[Bodigrim]

Anyone else up for review please?

[ulysses4ever]

Thanks!

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• ✅ Entered queue — 2026-03-24 16:58 UTC · Rule: default
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• ✅ Merged — 2026-03-24 18:56 UTC · at e537ce002af692afbb07a0292ce9a3a2d52b5bc8

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