An information processing apparatus for processing a file stored in a hot folder, comprising: detection means configured to detect that a file has been stored in the hot folder; processing means configured to process the file based on a setting associated with the hot folder; and control means configured to control said processing means so as not to process the file for a predetermined period of time after said detection means detects the file, wherein a file, when it is copied in a hot folder using drag-and-drop, is detected as in a not-locked state until a file lock starts, and is in a locked state after the copy operation starts and until the copy operation is completed, characterized in that: said detection means is adapted to poll the hot folder and to determine, in case of detecting a file in not-locked state in the hot folder, that a file to be processed is present, and in a case where there is no file or if the file is in a locked state, that there is no file to be processed, and by further comprising first acquisition means configured to acquire, in a case where said detection means detects the file, a first size of the file; second acquisition means configured to acquire, in a case where the predetermined period of time elapses, a second size of the file; and comparison means configured to compare the first size with the second size, wherein in a case where, as a result of the comparison by said comparison means, the second size is larger than the first size, said control means controls said processing means so as not to process the file based on the setting associated with the hot folder for a predetermined period of time, and in a case where the second size is not larger than the first size, said control means controls said processing means so as to process the file based on the setting associated with the hot folder, and wherein the processing of the file is print processing. detection means configured to detect that a file has been stored in the hot folder; processing means configured to process the file based on a setting associated with the hot folder; and control means configured to control said processing means so as not to process the file for a predetermined period of time after said detection means detects the file, wherein a file, when it is copied in a hot folder using drag-and-drop, is detected as in a not-locked state until a file lock starts, and is in a locked state after the copy operation starts and until the copy operation is completed, characterized in that: said detection means is adapted to poll the hot folder and to determine, in case of detecting a file in not-locked state in the hot folder, that a file to be processed is present, and in a case where there is no file or if the file is in a locked state, that there is no file to be processed, and by further comprising first acquisition means configured to acquire, in a case where said detection means detects the file, a first size of the file; second acquisition means configured to acquire, in a case where the predetermined period of time elapses, a second size of the file; and comparison means configured to compare the first size with the second size, said detection means is adapted to poll the hot folder and to determine, in case of detecting a file in not-locked state in the hot folder, that a file to be processed is present, and in a case where there is no file or if the file is in a locked state, that there is no file to be processed, and by further comprising first acquisition means configured to acquire, in a case where said detection means detects the file, a first size of the file; second acquisition means configured to acquire, in a case where the predetermined period of time elapses, a second size of the file; and comparison means configured to compare the first size with the second size, wherein in a case where, as a result of the comparison by said comparison means, the second size is larger than the first size, said control means controls said processing means so as not to process the file based on the setting associated with the hot folder for a predetermined period of time, and in a case where the second size is not larger than the first size, said control means controls said processing means so as to process the file based on the setting associated with the hot folder, and wherein the processing of the file is print processing.