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Deleting files on a PC is normally very easy. But sometimes, just occasionally, Windows will tell you that it can\u2019t help because the file is “in use”. And that can quickly become very frustrating, especially if you can\u2019t see why the file is open, or it\u2019s something you really need to delete (a malware component, say).<\/p>\n
To resolve this you should try closing all running applications, rebooting, perhaps try to delete the file from Safe Mode. But if this doesn\u2019t work then you could always turn to ForceDel<\/a>, a tiny command line tool which can forcibly delete files, even if they\u2019re open in another application.<\/p>\n Don\u2019t be put off by its command line nature — ForceDel is extremely simple to use. There are a few command line switches (run ForceDel on its own to see them), but essentially all you have to do is give the program the name of the file you\u2019d like to delete — ForceDel “c:\\users\\MyName\\Desktop\\Annoying.zip” — and it\u2019ll try to close any open handles, before eliminating the file for you.<\/p>\n And if you want to keep things really simple, there\u2019s not really any need to use the command line at all. Just drag and drop the file you want to delete onto ForceDel, and the program will remove it right away.<\/p>\n Or, if course, you could use one of the GUI competitors, most notably Unlocker<\/a>. This allows you to unlock files from their right-click menu, and provides some useful extras (it can show you which process has locked a file, for instance, which may tell you a great deal in itself).<\/p>\n As a general rule, then, ForceDel<\/a> should be used only when absolutely necessary. Save any currently open files before you start unlocking. And restart your system as soon as you can safely do so, after the target files have been deleted, to eliminate the chance of any problems cropping up later.<\/p>\n Photo credit:<\/strong> megainarmy<\/a>\/shutterstock<\/a><\/p>\n Deleting files on a PC is normally very easy. But sometimes, just occasionally, Windows will tell you that it can\u2019t help because the file is “in use”. And that can quickly become very frustrating, especially if you can\u2019t see why the file is open, or it\u2019s something you really need to delete (a malware component, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7429,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-658367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7429"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=658367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658367\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=658367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=658367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=658367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/betanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/forcedel.jpg\" "\\"forcedel\\"")
But whatever you\u2019re doing, it\u2019s worth keeping in mind that this is a very risky business. If an application thinks it has a file open, but you\u2019ve just erased it, then there\u2019s no way to tell what might happen next. Crashes, lockups, file corruption, maybe nothing — it all depends on your individual setup, and how that program reacts.<\/p>\n\n<\/img><\/a>
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