Unlocker is one of the most useful cleaners ever to be created. So I actually do have this working. Of course I do not need to remind you to be very careful with this and not to try to unlock all handles on C: for example Unlocker 1. It is fully integrated with Windows Explorer. Thanks to Icfu for spotting it. What you have chosen will show in the top window and clicking on anything with a status of Locked will show the processes with a lock on it below.
For the impatient kind, I can provide : Interestingly, now that I have a x64 machine, I had no alternative than to get Unlocker working. Hopefully it doesn't take you too long to copy over. There is no malware in Unlocker and there will never be. This will require Unlocker to connect to the internet every time it checks for a new version. Many thanks to Icfu for the tip.
Not sure I undestand what's going on or how to reinstate the delete to recycle bin default action RogerL Unlocker doesn't do anything to the delete to recycle bin command. By doing this you will be in a position to make an election about whether to deleting the file, renaming it and copying or moving it to another location. Despite the increased number of ersatz, none of them really did the job and I really had a motivation to get Unlocker working. Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not currently in use. Thanks to Jean-Paul Chavant and Osman Zeki for the suggestion. It unlocks files or folders and stops error messages from appearing when trying to delete, move and rename them. On any one of these events, Unlocker Portable action in as well as saves the day.
I strongly advise not to use this, you should always look which processes lock a file, because some of them might be valid. Unlocker should now be as fast as versions prior to 1. I had this program installed to my hard drive to unlock a file, I found it very useful so I decided to copy it to my flash drive and delete it from my system. All you have to do is add installer. Another important aspect worth mentioning is that the Windows registry is not going to be affected in any way, and there will be no leftovers after its removal. Something you need to watch out for is the adware options that need to be disabled during an install.
The container can take a couple of different approaches to make sure the application is portable: You can keep track of all of the changes that an application makes ahead of time , and then when the application is done, copy those changes to portable location and remove them from the host machine the way PortableApps apps work I believe Or you can trap all changes as they happen and make the application think that it's writing files to the location is wants to e. One of the most annoying errors you will receive while working in Windows is the message that for some reason you cannot delete a file. This was one of the things I wanted people to test for me. The goal of this list is not really to pretend Unlocker is better but instead to provide a list of all other alternative programs in case you have some difficulties with Unlocker. I tested this with Unlocker 1.
Overview Free File Unlocker is a free essential application to delete currently used, locked, undeletable, busy files that works with all 32bit and 64bit versions of Windows and Windows Server. One of the worst programs to actually cause this problem is the Explorer. Get rid of files that cannot be normally deleted Unlocker Portable clears those exact dead-times out and provides multiple solutions. An install will give you a handy right click context menu entry where you can simply right click on a file or folder and select Unlocker from the menu. Download the resource kit and from the command line set the privileges you need: SeBackupPrivilege, SeDebugPrivilege and SeLoadDriverPrivilege. Also added a shortcut to this webpage and to the uninstaller.
This feature can be deactivated during the install. In addition to helping remove files with permission or file protection issues, it also tries to remove the process handles that might have a lock on a file causing it to be not removable. Multiple entries can be added, just enter the new item on the next line. If you place the program files to a portable storage unit e. Detects and terminates associated processes to unlock files This time around, the program draws a list of the processes that use the targeted file, giving you the possibility to terminate the process which automatically cuts the connection to the file or unlock the file by just terminating all processes which are using it.
From a x64 stand point, it took me a couple of hours to get it fully working on my machine. Now if you actually installed the program and then just deleted it, well I can't help you there. In case the locked file is a process module dll etc. Being a portable version, this application is not embedded with Windows Explorer. And as for automatic updates,plenty of portable apps update themselves. The reason I was interested in trying unlocker is because I have often found files that wouldn't delete without knowing what app had locked them and then not unlocked them when finished. Here is the example for the debug privileges: ntrights +r SeDebugPrivilege -u YourAccountName - How to have Unlocker Explorer extension run in silent mode? If it's not going to work on a non-admin account, I'll restrict the launcher to only run if the user has admin privs.
The Action column will allow for deleting, moving or copying and you can replace with a Dummy or choose to make a backup. The tool has other deleting options besides files and folders, such as removing registry entries, disabling drivers and also executing other files. Choose the delete method and then click the red icon to begin the delete process. Simply click Unlock All and you are done! The installation then attempted to install BoBrowser which I declined, but it installed it anyway. The link takes me to the the EmptyLoop website and when I tried to download the file, the file is downloaded from emptyloop. Even downloading Unlocker from other sites like Softpedia will still include adware in the installer.
What, would I re-release the exact same package when a new version of Unlocker is released and just change the name? I understand that files need to be locked so that a program can finish working on them, but why directories? All informations about programs or games on this website have been found in open sources on the Internet. Again thanks to schwit for reporting the problem and testing my fixes - Fixed bug: If a cd or dvd was removed and a handle was existing, an annoying explorer dialog box would appear and the handle could not be listed - Fixed bug: Miscellaneous buffers bugs Unlocker 1. It runs on all Windows versions, including Windows 10. Deleting files and folders seems like a breeze. It has many other flavors: Cannot delete file: Access is denied There has been a sharing violation.