$ bundle exec rake db:reset command raising couldn't drop db/development.sqlite3

Question

I tried to run $ bundle exec rake db:reset and found the following on console

Couldn\'t drop db/development.sqlite3 : #

        

Answer 1

Have been trying to resolve the same issue. Stopping Rails Server on Windows didn't help, but restarting the whole environment did the trick, bundle exec rake db:reset went through, but be sure not to start your server before that as it will call the same error. Continue with

$ bundle exec rake db:reset
$ bundle exec rake db:populate
$ bundle exec rake test:prepare

and start Rails Server after that.