Can not delete file. What to do?

Most often, you can not delete a file because itis open in any program: usually applications block operations with the files opened in them at the moment. For example, you want to delete a text document opened in Microsoft Word. Or you watched the movie and after watching it decided to remove it, but did not close the media player. In this case, you need close the corresponding application and again try to send the file to the shopping cart.

If even after that you can not delete the file, it's possible that The application-related processes are still in the computer's RAM: the application is already seemingly closed, but the systemhe does not consider it as such. There are two options: either "kill" the corresponding process through the task manager, or simply restart the computer. If you do not know what the task manager is, or you think about it rather vaguely, it's better to resort to rebooting.

Sometimes the cause of the inability to remove normallythe file can be an incorrect name (using invalid characters in the title). This happens infrequently (usually the system simply will not give you the wrong name for the file), but it does happen. This can happen as a result of a crash in the program in which you opened / edited the file, or when unpacking the archive. Try renaming the file, then, after that, you will be able to delete the file that does not delete.

If previous methods proved ineffective, it could help delete file in safe mode. To boot in safe mode, you need torestart the computer and on restart, before the Windows logo appears, press the F8 key (for accuracy it is better to press and hold). In the boot menu, select the option "Safe Mode" and press the Enter key. After booting the operating system, delete the "stubborn" file. An alternative to booting in safe mode can also be download from LiveCD (the drive with the operating system).

But it happens that even in safe mode or when booting from a disk, you still can not delete the file. What to do? To remove especially "naughty" files, you can use special utilities. One of the most famous such programs is Unlocker. This free utility unlocks files used by system processes, after which they can be easily deleted, moved or renamed.

The program works on both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows. She is Integrates into the context menu each element of the operating system (shortcuts, files, folders, etc.), so it does not even need to be specifically run to delete the file. The utility is available in 40 languages, including Russian.

To delete a file with Ulocker, downloadutility from the official site of the program (you can choose 32- or 64-bit, as well as Portable-version) and install. Now in the context menu that appears when you right-click on an object, you should see item Unlocker (in the 64-bit version, this can be a sub-item in paragraph X64).

If you can not delete the file, right-click on it and select Unlocker. A window with a list of processes will open,blocking access to the file. Select the action that you need to perform with the object (delete, rename, copy or move) and with the process (delete, unlock, unlock all processes). Sometimes, to permanently delete a file using Unlocker, you may need to restart the computer.

As you can see, there are several ways to delete a file that is not deleted, and at least one of them must certainly work. By the way, sometimes deleting a file does not allow the viruses in the system, so it will not hurt to scan the computer with an anti-virus program. Worse from this just will not be.