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Thanks, this tool looks useful for other situations in the way that Unlocker
is on 32-bit OS's. In this case, I still get the message "You don't
permission to open this file. Contact the owner..." My username is the
owner. If there were a way to make Windows "think" this file was deleted
successfully, thru a registry hack perhaps, I'm open to suggestions. This
file is like a really stubborn weed.
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I'm about out of ideas myself. Have you already tried deleting it in the
"built-in Admnistrator" account?
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/67567-administrator-account.html
Petrarch;1189890 Wrote:
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I have this installed on all of my computers. It has never failed to allow
me to delete folders or files that I choose to delete. It is called take
ownership.reg and it is a registry entry that places a choice in the right
click menu to take ownership of a folder and any sub folder and files
contained therein.
Try it.
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/add-take-ownership-to-explorer-right-click-menu-in-vista/
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| | | | | Unfortunately, none of these options worked on this one file. I had to
format the drive and start over. This time around, when I restored from a
system image I did not create a backup folder on the C drive itself.
Taking ownership "should" have worked, and all the various steps repliers
provided were helpful, so don't feel bad. The lockhunter tool for 64-bit
OS's has been added to my IT bag of tricks. I'd been looking for something
that had the same features as unlocker for a while.
Thanks for all your replies. I appreciated the help.
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Petrarch,
I'm sorry to hear that you had to format the drive to get rid of that
file.
Petrarch;1190831 Wrote:
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I have removed such files using Ubuntu, downloaded as an ISO and installed
on a bootable thumb drive, using Unetbootin. Such a little item is very
handy and with a decent Thumb drive, is quite impressive.
FWIW, MSE found and removed a trojan installed along with Unlocker on one of
my machines. Moreover Unlocker does not always work, and when it does, I
wonder if it is safe..
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