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Learnmore Ican'tdeleteafile-evenwhenusingunlocker AskQuestion Asked 9years,4monthsago Active 2years,10monthsago Viewed 21ktimes 15 1 Ok,sowhenItrytodeletethisfrommydesktop,Igetthiserror: WhenIclick"Seewhat'slockingthis"inlockhunter,Igetthis: Now,Ihaveadrive,calledG:.Ionlyhaveonephysicaldrive,andit'sD:.Also,IhaveNOvirtualdrivesoftwareinstalled,soIhaveNOcluehowitgotthere.Right-clickingonG:\andchosingejectdoesn'tdoanythingbutchangethelogo,itstillsaysthefilesizeandwhatnot.Here'sthepictureofthe"What'slockingthis?"ofthecontainedfile: ButwhenItrytodeleteit... Bothofthesefilesdon'tletmedeletethem.Ihadputwin8install.isoasavirtualdriveawhileback,butIuninstalledthatsoftware(butcanreinstallitifneeded) Startingthisinsafemodedoesn'twork. windows-7 Share Improvethisquestion Follow editedAug25'13at15:21 wonea 1,80711goldbadge2323silverbadges4242bronzebadges askedSep3'12at20:05 JonJon 8,8213636goldbadges8989silverbadges124124bronzebadges 15 1 DidyoutryrebootinginSafeModeanddeletingit? – Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 Sep3'12at20:07 @techie007thatdoesn'tworkeither. – Jon Sep3'12at20:14 1 HaveyoumountedtheISOtoavirtualCDdrive? – Indrek Sep3'12at20:34 @Indrekno,Idon'tcurrentlyhaveanyvirtualCDdrivesinstalled. – Jon Sep3'12at20:44 1 @chipperyman573:AlsocouldyoupleasepostascreenshotbytryingtounlockusingUnlockerx64incaseyouhaven'tdoneso? – Vrushank Oct1'12at4:17  |  Show10morecomments 6Answers 6 Active Oldest Votes 6 GetaLinuxLiveCd,andgetgparted,systemrescueorpartedmagic(anyreleasewouldwork,butasmalldistroforsomethingquick).Burnittocd/usb,andbootyourcomputertoit.Mountthehd,andfindthefolderanddeleteit. YoucanuseUnetbootintocreatethelivecdordoitmanually. Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredSep3'12at20:46 LogmanLogman 3,56211goldbadge1616silverbadges2929bronzebadges Addacomment  |  4 UseProcessExplorertoidentifywhichprocessiskeepinganopenhandletothefile. ClickFind>FindHandleorDLL... Enterwin8image.iso ClickSearch Thenmaketheprogramcloseitshandle.InyourcasetheissuemightbethattheISOimageisstillconnectedtoavirtualmachineoravirtualdrive. Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredSep3'12at20:37 AnsgarWiechersAnsgarWiechers 5,16022goldbadges2020silverbadges2323bronzebadges 11 1 @chipperyman573DidyourunProcessExplorer"asAdministrator"? – Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 Sep3'12at21:00 1 @AnsgarWiechersIhavenovirtualmachineinstalled. – Jon Sep4'12at2:41 1 Strange.YousaidyouhaveUACenabled.CanyoudeletethefilewhenyoudisableUAC?Also,whenyourunProcessExplorer"asAdministrator",displaythelowerpane(View>ShowLowerPane)andsearchforthehandleagain,canyoumanuallyclosethehandle(rightclick>CloseHandle)? – AnsgarWiechers Sep4'12at9:39 1 @chipperyman573,Systemmeansthatitisloadedviaadriver.Youmaynothaveitmountedasadrive-letter,butitisopenwithsomesortofmountingprogram’sdriver. – Synetech Sep30'12at1:17 1 @SynetechIdon'thaveANYmountingdriversinstalled.IspenttwohourslastnightresearchingeverydriverIhadinstalled-noneofthemmountedvirtualdrives. – Jon Sep30'12at1:21  |  Show6morecomments 3 IfnonesoftwareisdoingthejobthenyoucanusetheOLDISGOLDformulaandthatiscommandprompt.IfyouwanttodeletethefilefromtherunningWindowsthenopentheelevated-commandprompt(commandpromptwindowwithadminrights).ForthisclickonthestartmenuandthentypeCMDinsearchboxandrightclickonthecmd.exeandthenclickontheoptionRunasAdministrator. NowopentheWindowsexplorerandclickontheOrganize>FolderandSearchOption. NowuncheckedtheoptionHideextensionforknownfiletypesandclickOK.Andgotomethod1or2. ToUseaCommandPromptatBoot a.ToUseaCommandPromptatBoot b.Inthecommandprompt,typediskpartandpressEnter. c.Inthecommandprompt,typelistvolumeandpressEnter. d.Aftermakingnoteofthedriveletter,typeexitandpressEnter. Method1 ToDeleteaSpecificFileinCommandPrompt Inthecommandprompt,typethecommandbelowandpressenter. DEL/F/S/Q/A"FullPathofFilewithextension" Example DEL/F/S/Q/A"C:\Users\UserName\Desktop\File.txt" Fileshouldbedeletednow. Method2. ToDeleteAllFilesinaFolderwithoutConfirmationinCommandPrompt Inthecommandprompt,typethecommandbelowandpressenter. DEL/F/S/Q/A"FullPathofFolder*" Fileshouldbedeletednow. Closethecommandprompt. NOTE:Ifyouusedacommandpromptatboot,thenalsoclosetheSystemRecoveryOptionswindowandrestartthecomputer. FormoreinformationyoucancheckoutthisSevenforumarticle. Share Improvethisanswer Follow editedOct5'12at1:42 answeredOct4'12at6:34 avirkavirk 15.6k1515goldbadges5656silverbadges100100bronzebadges 10 1 Withthefirstmethod:i.imgur.com/OLUQs.png.Asforthesecondmethod,Idon'twanttodeletemydesktop. – Jon Oct5'12at0:12 Didyoutriedthecommandpromptinsafemode?Alsotrythecommandpromptattheboottimeandtrytodeletethefile.IhavegiventhelinkinmyanswerthathowtoopencommandpromptatboottimeforthatyoujustneedaWindows7repair/installationdisc. – avirk Oct5'12at1:31 Alsohaveyoutriedbootdeletetodeletethefile? – avirk Oct5'12at4:14 1 Yes.Stilldidn'twork. – Jon Oct5'12at22:37 1 Commandpromptcrashedoryoutalkingaboutthebootdelete?Ifnoneisworkingthenlinuxlivecdwillhelpyou,whichyoudon'tneedtoinstalljustputitthedriveandplayitanditwillletyoudeletethisstuff. – avirk Oct6'12at2:07  |  Show5morecomments 2 TakeownershipoftheISOfileandthendeleteit.ThishappenssometimesonmyWin7x64aswell. Youmayalsowanttoconsideraddingthisoptionintheright-clickmenusoyoucantakeownershipofanyNEWfilebeforeyoustartworkingwithit. Onasidenote,Unlockernowhasa64-bitversiontoo..:) Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredSep4'12at5:48 VrushankVrushank 22511goldbadge22silverbadges1111bronzebadges 5 2 +1formentioning64-bitversion,mostoftheuser'sinstallthe32-bitversionandpuzzledon64-bitWindows. – avirk Sep26'12at0:52 1 I'malreadytheownerofthefileandIcan'tdeleteit. – Jon Sep30'12at1:07 @chipperyman573,youmaybetheowner,butyoualsoneedpermissions(permission s,notpermission).Usethesecuritytabtoaddwrite/deletepermissionsforyouruseraccounttothefile’sACL(accesscontrollist). – Synetech Sep30'12at1:15 1 Ihaveallofthem – Jon Sep30'12at1:20 YouneedpermissionsforWindows8-ReleasePreview-UpgradeAssistant.exe,theISOfileislockedbecauseit’sopen(twodifferentcasuesoflockedfiles). – Synetech Sep30'12at3:59 Addacomment  |  2 Windowsincludestheabilitytomarkfilesfordeletionuponreboot.ThisensuresthefilesarenotinuseatthetimeastheyaredeletedbythesystembeforeWindowsstartscompletely. Anapplicationsuchasthisoneexposesthisfunctionalitytotheenduser. Edit:IwouldrecommendMoveFileasitisfromareputablesource(ThanksAnsgar). Share Improvethisanswer Follow editedSep5'12at4:17 answeredSep4'12at4:05 LukeLuke 3144bronzebadges 3 AnotheroptionwouldbeSysinternals'MoveFiles. – AnsgarWiechers Sep4'12at9:29 Ofcourse,Ihadforgottenaboutthisone. – Luke Sep4'12at22:44 Iwouldn’trecommenddeletingthefilelikethatwilly-nilly.Ifsomethingisusingit,thenbydeletingit,youmaybreaksomething(thatcouldendupcrashingthewholesystem).Itisbettertofindoutwhere/whatislockingitandstopthat. – Synetech Sep30'12at1:16 Addacomment  |  1 Itispossiblethatwin8install.isoismountedasavirtualdriveinWindows. SinceWindows8,any.isocanbemountednativelywithouttheneedforthird-partysoftware. YoucanfindadescriptionoftheprocessinHowtoMountorUnmountISOimagesinWindows8. YoucanverifywhetherthisisthecasebycallingWindowsExplorer: Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredOct2'12at8:18 harrymcharrymc 387k2525goldbadges441441silverbadges795795bronzebadges 4 I'vealreadytriedthis.Plus,win8isinstalledonavirtualmachine(Ineveractuallyinstalledtheoneinmydrive),whichisnowdeleted. – Jon Oct2'12at13:39 Well,ifthisVMisnowdead,thennomoreproblems. – harrymc Oct2'12at16:38 Exceptforthestuckicon. – Jon Oct2'12at19:03 1 OK,Imisunderstood.Youmightaddtoyourpostwhatyouseewhenyouright-clicktheiconandselectProperties. – harrymc Oct2'12at19:18 Addacomment  |  YourAnswer ThanksforcontributingananswertoSuperUser!Pleasebesuretoanswerthequestion.Providedetailsandshareyourresearch!Butavoid…Askingforhelp,clarification,orrespondingtootheranswers.Makingstatementsbasedonopinion;backthemupwithreferencesorpersonalexperience.Tolearnmore,seeourtipsonwritinggreatanswers. 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