Force delete a locked file

[dodger42]

Hey all,

There are various utils available for force deleting locked files. Was wondering if theres anyway to do this within AutoIT? I did a forum search but didnt find anything so I'm presuming its a no go.

Regards,

D

[/dev/null]

use one of the external tools and post the link to it. This way you can help some other forum members as well.

Cheers

Kurt

[Confuzzled]

The operating system works hard to prevent you from deleting locked files (undesirable activity in a normal environment). Why not find why they are locked in the first place and resolve that issue?

[festershinetop]

explorer sometimes locks empty folders on my machine and wont allow me to unlock them untill i reboot the machine. I use this program http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/

It intergrates into the shell and allows you to right click a locked folder or file and click unlock you then get a screen that shows you which program is locking it.

[Golbez]

damn u beat me 2 it.. i was goen 2 suggest unlocker xD

btw it owned u can delete anythin u want with it .

(its great for owning school computers with protection it it )

[dodger42]

Thanks guys. COnfuzzled, I know what is locking it, but I need to force it to unlock. Resolving the issue would mean recoding the app which is locking the file, wbut I dont have the source.