Force delete a file or directory being used

[zzen11]

Is there a way to force delete a file that is locked by another process?

[Nova]

Do u mean for example deleting a file myprog.exe while its running ?

You cant delete a program while its running.

This will however work

Processclose("myprog.exe")
filedelete(@scriptdir & "\myprog.exe")

Edited January 4, 2005 by Nova

[zzen11]

Is there a way to force delete a file that is locked by another process?

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I mean:

Myprogram.exe is running, and it has a openfile: myfile.dat, and I may not even know which exe is opening the myfile.dat.

I want to force delete myfile.dat

Edited January 4, 2005 by zzen11

[buzz44]

I mean:

Myprogram.exe is running, and it has a openfile: myfile.dat, and I may not even know which exe is opening the myfile.dat.

I want to force delete myfile.dat

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

u wont be able to delete it aslong as it is in use by another process.

[this-is-me]

You can use one of the UDFs to delete the file once the computer is rebooted. You can also do some creative uses of the program wholockme to find out which program has the file open and kill that program.

[sykes]

You can use one of the UDFs to delete the file once the computer is rebooted. You can also do some creative uses of the program wholockme to find out which program has the file open and kill that program.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Nice program this-is-me ... Thanks for sharing that info

[ezzetabi]

Here we are...

http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=5888