Unlocker

It has many other flavors:

Cannot delete file: Access is denied
There has been a sharing violation.
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 the solution!

1. Simply right click the folder or file and select Unlocker




If the folder or file is locked, a window listing of lockers will appear

Similar programs and why Unlocker is better

Of course I only compare here the unlocking features. Process Explorer and Take Control are very good programs featuring much more things than just unlocking folders. The goal of this list is not really to pretend Unlocker is better but instead to provide a list of all other alternative programs in case you have some difficulties with Unlocker.

Application

Close handle

Kill process

Unload DLL

Delete index.dat

Delete Rename Move

Invalid Names

Without reboot

With reboot

Context Menu

Command Line / GUI

Free

Unlocker 1.8.7 by Cedrick Collomb

Process Explorer by Sysinternals

ForceDel by Zoltan Csizmadia

WhoLockMe by Dr-Hoiby

FreeFile by Skrubbeltrang

Take Control by Computers In Motion

UnLock IT by EMCO

Advanced Process Manipulation by DiamondCS

DLL Master by Tony Shaftel

12Ghosts Wash by 12ghosts

czSweep Cookie Boss 1.31 by Frank Kotasek

DelinvFile by James A. Lawler

Del FXP files by JRT Wine Software

Pocket KillBox by Option^Explicit

Locked Files Wizard / Copylock by Noel Danjou

GiPo@MoveOnBoot by Gibin Software House

DelLater by DiamondCS

Delete Doctor by Kevin Solway

BusyDelete by Freezerware

Boot Deleter by TNT-BootBlock

Windows 2000 / XP / 2003 / Vista

Download

http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/