How to Solve Access Denied Deleting Files Folders

Make sure that the file is not currently in use

To delete a file or folder but having Windows prompts a popup saying the file/folder is still in use is simply annoying.

Cannot delete xxx: Access is denied. Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and the file is not currently in use.

This happens because the file may look fine to delete but it is still engaged with a particular Window application processes. Fauzi of cyperhackz cares enough to share his methods to deal with these annoying Windows issue.

Fauzi has suggested 3 methods to force delete these files; via command prompt, safe mode and Unlocker application. Command prompt is the fastest solution to delete regardlessly of Window’s Access Denied message but it just can’t do its trick on deleting folder with multiple folders. Usually when such situation occurs, we wanna get it of the file fast, therefore I think safe mode will not be my choice.

Unlocker, and a small experiment

Unlocker solves the Access Denied Deleting nicely. I did a little experiement; engaged a folder to CuteFTP’s process, and try to delete it from desktop.

Windows gives me Access Denied popup, I closed it, Unlocker then popup appears. Unlock with Unlocker, files deleted. Pretty clean.

Go to Unlocker download page

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Comments

bexium January 30th, 2007

I have been looking for something like this
I have had to shell into dos to get rid of
these type of files and folders. But my fav
is still can not find file on drive and you are
looking at it. Oh my. I shall post my findings
on Unlock..

Go Bears!!!!!
CypherHackz February 14th, 2007

hey, thanks for the linkback. :)
Abhijit December 4th, 2007

Dint work !
Still cannot delete some sysyem files, i am the administrator, i have installed the OS.
jovanny January 25th, 2008

I DID TRIED UNLOCKER AND IT WONT DELETE IT!! SAYS PERFORM THIS ACTION AT NEXT REBOOT AND PUT YES AND RESTARTED MY COMPUTER AND IT DIDNT DELETE THE FILE AM I DOIN SOMETHIN WRONG PLEASE HELP ME
Rajendra Baro. May 2nd, 2008

I want to Format my Pen drive but One message is displaying Access is denied.How to solve this Problem.
black sama June 20th, 2008

I could delete some files using -UNLOCKER- but i couldn’t delete other files using the same way T-T