MrNoJK Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 Hi there, I noticed that the FileDelete() function does not delete files when they are in use by another process. So my question is, is there a way to delete files that are in use by another process? Thanks, MrNoJK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
water Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 Try to delete them using operating system commands. They won't delete them. So why should AutoIt? To delete such files you either have to wait for the locking process to terminate or you write a key to the registry and delete the file at next system startup. My UDFs and Tutorials: Spoiler UDFs: Active Directory (NEW 2024-07-28 - Version 1.6.3.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - Wiki ExcelChart (2017-07-21 - Version 0.4.0.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts OutlookEX (2021-11-16 - Version 1.7.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - Wiki OutlookEX_GUI (2021-04-13 - Version 1.4.0.0) - Download Outlook Tools (2019-07-22 - Version 0.6.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Wiki PowerPoint (2021-08-31 - Version 1.5.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - Wiki Task Scheduler (2022-07-28 - Version 1.6.0.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Wiki Standard UDFs: Excel - Example Scripts - Wiki Word - Wiki Tutorials: ADO - Wiki WebDriver - Wiki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrNoJK Posted July 4, 2012 Author Share Posted July 4, 2012 Try to delete them using operating system commands. They won't delete them. So why should AutoIt?To delete such files you either have to wait for the locking process to terminate or you write a key to the registry and delete the file at next system startup.So you are actually saying that it is not possible to immediately delete a file that is in use by another process, without terminating it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
water Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 That's how I understand it. The file is locked for a reason. My UDFs and Tutorials: Spoiler UDFs: Active Directory (NEW 2024-07-28 - Version 1.6.3.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - Wiki ExcelChart (2017-07-21 - Version 0.4.0.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts OutlookEX (2021-11-16 - Version 1.7.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - Wiki OutlookEX_GUI (2021-04-13 - Version 1.4.0.0) - Download Outlook Tools (2019-07-22 - Version 0.6.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Wiki PowerPoint (2021-08-31 - Version 1.5.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - Wiki Task Scheduler (2022-07-28 - Version 1.6.0.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Wiki Standard UDFs: Excel - Example Scripts - Wiki Word - Wiki Tutorials: ADO - Wiki WebDriver - Wiki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitekram Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 You might want to try unlocker.exe and forcedelete.exe - I am not sure, but they might resolve the issue 2¢ All by me:"Sometimes you have to go back to where you started, to get to where you want to go." "Everybody catches up with everyone, eventually" "As you teach others, you are really teaching yourself." From my dad "Do not worry about yesterday, as the only thing that you can control is tomorrow." WIKI | Tabs; | Arrays; | Strings | Wiki Arrays | How to ask a Question | Forum Search | FAQ | Tutorials | Original FAQ | ONLINE HELP | UDF's Wiki | AutoIt PDF AutoIt Snippets | Multple Guis | Interrupting a running function | Another Send StringRegExp | StringRegExp Help | RegEXTester | REG TUTOR | Reg TUTOT 2 AutoItSetOption | Macros | AutoIt Snippets | Wrapper | Autoit Docs SCITE | SciteJump | BB | MyTopics | Programming | UDFs | AutoIt 123 | UDFs Form | UDF Learning to script | Tutorials | Documentation | IE.AU3 | Games? | FreeSoftware | Path_Online | Core Language Programming Tips Excel Changes ControlHover.UDF GDI_Plus Draw_On_Screen GDI Basics GDI_More_Basics GDI Rotate GDI Graph GDI CheckExistingItems GDI Trajectory Replace $ghGDIPDll with $__g_hGDIPDll DLL 101? Array via Object GDI Swimlane GDI Plus French 101 Site GDI Examples UEZ GDI Basic Clock GDI Detection Ternary operator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skitty Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 (edited) I put together a little for this some time ago, maybe you can try your luck. Edited July 4, 2012 by ApudAngelorum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrNoJK Posted July 5, 2012 Author Share Posted July 5, 2012 I put together a little for this some time ago, maybe you can try your luck.I had a look at the source you posted, and it looks like it is very well capable of doing what I want it to do. But, your function 'Unlock()' for example uses a lot of data that it grabs from your specific GUI. Now my question is, do you have a global 'Unlock()' function where you for example just have to pass some parameters to specify which file needs to be unlocked?~MrNoJK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skitty Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 (edited) I had a look at the source you posted, and it looks like it is very well capable of doing what I want it to do. But, your function 'Unlock()' for example uses a lot of data that it grabs from your specific GUI. Now my question is, do you have a global 'Unlock()' function where you for example just have to pass some parameters to specify which file needs to be unlocked? ~MrNoJK No I do not have a global unlock function that you can just pass the handle information to and unlock the file, but you can easily make one though. Try playing with this, might be something like what you describe? <BAD CODE GOES HERE> Edit: fixed a serious amount of typos, also, more info on this stuff here. Edited July 6, 2012 by THAT1ANONYMOUSDUDE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skitty Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 wow, I'm sorry, I just decided to actually test that code and I noticed that I did something wrong, the handle wasn't being closed because I forgot to close it, and I was duplicating the handle of the handle I had previously duplicated :S File Unlocker.au3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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