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How to delete an undeletable/locked file


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Have you ever run into a situation where you wanted to delete a file, but Windows simply wouldn’t allow you to do it? Personally, these things happen to me all the time, especially when I’m at a client’s house trying to get their machine clean of malware. Have you ever tried deleting a locked file using common windows commands? If so, then you’ll know that this is just not possible.

The main reason behind this is that the explorer.exe process locks files that are in use, effectively preventing you from deleting them. Usually, these files should not be touched, but sometimes, situations arise when you really need to erase some troublesome ones.

Fortunately, there are a few easy solutions to delete those files.

find them here:

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for me if unlocker doesn't work I just use the cmd one :rolleyes:

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"your uninstaller" always works for me.hasn't missed yet.

nah, I'm talking about 0 bytes file that just refuse to be deleted

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