Override Access Denied and Sharing Violation annoying messages

Wow, I never knew about this utility, I definitely need to get this right away.
But sometimes I've noticed that just restarting your computer can let you delete the file without any problems (just after restarting for some files), and that's what I've been doing so far...

Sami, where is this file for download? thanks, deb ps. i found the file! thanks sorry for the extra messages.

I support a number of older PCs running windows 95. Occasionally I get sharing violation messages on data files because of user errors, and the only way to clear this error and begin using the data again is restart the PC. Usually, the offending PC will not gracefully shut down and then restart: it usually has to be manually shut off, then turned on.

Unfortunately, many times I am accessing these PCs remotely (via PCAnywhere), and obviously can't shut the PC down.

I was hoping that unlocker would do the trick. However, it won't install on these machines because (I suppose) the version of SHLWAPI.DLL found on these machines is too old.

Any help would be appreciated!

cannot get unlocker to run-keeps going to install process
The source or destination file may be in use.
The file is in use by another program or user.
Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not currently in use.

Unlocker is a waste of time! Does NOT work on most "Access is denied" folders unless you are only wanting to delete and even then it often requires more action by the user than the program itself. Take my advice, find something better.

ya it's realy nice unility & also it's easy to use.
thx

Good Day,

I tried to delete a newly created excel file but failed, and it says:

"Cannot delete <filename>: There has been a sharing violation.
The source or destination file may be in use."

This is a file server, I could not reboot it all the time to resolve this issue.
I have tried to use unlocker, but that does not seem to work.

Does anyone face this problem and know how to resolve this?

thanks,
stel

Try this freebie and see if it does the trick for you!


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