Ever have Windows tell you that you can’t move or delete a file because some process is using it? That makes sense.
But what if you’re certain that you don’t have any program that’s still running that can possibly be using it.
What’s worse is when Explorer.exe decides to lock down a file. You give it a few minutes, but it still won’t let go! Only way to delete the file or move it would be to kill explorer.exe from your process list andd by doing that you kill your taskbar too. I always found it to be a hacky way to do things, but it got the job done without reboot.
In comes the Unlocker. Saw a post on this on the programming newsgroups at Microsoft.
Ever had such an annoying message given by Windows?
It has many other flavors:
- Cannot delete file: Access is denied
- There has been a sharing violation.
- The source or destination file may be in use.
- The file is in use by another program or user.
- Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not currently in use.
Unlocker is the solution!
Best of all, this is freeware! The UI looks simple and easy. I’ve used Filemon before and it would sometimes tell me who has the lock on the file, but wouldn’t let me tell the program to unlock it.
Enjoy!