Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback. I tried both programs and they didnt work. Any other suggestions??? Neither were the program I was thinking. Of course, it warned you that if you screwed up your PC, it was on your butt, but it was a great program. How to Take Ownership of a Item in Vista. Well, I installed Ownership, and clicked on Take Ownership on the folder I wanted to delete, but didnt work. Still get the error when I try to delete the folder. Basically its a folder with some torrent files in it.
Never used them on this laptop. I copied them and moved them to another laptop on my network, but that laptop is not on right now as I thought it may had been linked to the folder while online, but thats not the case. Im running Windows 7. Ive restarted Ive tried deleting it in Safe Mode, and it still gives me the error Ive shutdown everything, and still it gives me the error.
This thread is locked. If trying to delete it through the Command Prompt didn't work or if that task is too daunting, use one of these tools. Microsoft's Process Explorer is a more powerful File Explorer.
It doesn't just list all running processes, it can also show you which process took your file hostage. You can't close the process from the search window, but you can use Process Explorer or Windows Task Manager to close the offending application. Unlocker used to add itself to the Windows context menu, meaning you could right-click the file in use and unlock it via the context menu.
However, you'll now need to do a little more work in Windows 10 to get Unlocker working. In Windows 10, launch Unlocker, browse for the file, select the file, and click OK. Unlocker will look and if found remove locking handles. Even if it does not find a handle, you can use Unlocker to Delete, Rename, or Move the file. Unlike Unlocker, LockHunter will add itself to the Windows context menu. Once installed, just right-click the locked file and select What is locking this file.
This should bring up a window showing all processes using the file. In our case, we couldn't unlock the file, but deleting it at the next system restart did work. We showed you a few ways to unlock a file open in another program or in use by the system. Hopefully, one of them worked. If none of the above methods worked, or if you're not interested in installing software, there is one last thing you can try: boot into Windows Safe Mode. The file you're trying to delete may automatically be loaded by another application.
Unlockers should still work if that's the case, but if malware is involved or if you don't want to deal with third-party tools, then Safe Mode is your next best bet. Then, under Advanced startup , select Restart now.
When your computer reboots, you'll see the Startup Settings screen, from where you can choose Safe Mode. It's really annoying when an unwanted file claims to be still in use, and doubly so when you have no idea what's using it. Now you know how to free up a locked file or force your PC to delete it regardless.
If solving this problem was the last straw for you, did you know there are File Explorer alternatives that you can download? Find the application that is currently using the file, and select "End task".
Using Command Prompt for deletion is sometimes more efficient, and you definitely should give it a try. Usually, when you come across a locked file, you can simply restart your device to unlock it. If it doesn't work, you can boot into Safe Mode to unlock and delete the file. While in Safe Mode, use File Explorer to locate and delete the files that were previously locked, then simply restart your device as you would normally to exit Safe Mode. There are many third-party applications that can help you with this problem and delete locked files.
It can help to clean up junk files and wipe the whole data. Click "Add Files" to select the files you need to shred, or you can drag files, documents, images, music files, etc. Step 4. The program will immediately shred all the selected files. When it finishes, click "Done". So be careful of what you delete if you're not sure of the consequences. There are times you mistakenly deleted a needed file on your Windows 11, 10, 8. You can recover deleted files with easy-to-use data recovery software.
It is the best file recovery software that allows you to:. When the scanning has finished, select the deleted files you want to recover. You can click on the filter to display only the file types you want.
Double-click the file to preview its content if you need to. After choosing the data, click "Recover" and choose a location on another drive to save the deleted data. If you still have problems, read the following questions and answers. It is a log file and you cannot delete this file.
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