Unlock And Delete A Restricted File Using FileAssassin

To protect and keep the system stable, Windows prevents you to delete files being used by any running process. And the case might be the worst when that process is not responsible and it is loaded automatically on startup.

In that case, you might use an application that set up a task of file manipulations including copying, moving, deleting. And the task will be executed on Windows startup, so it could help you to remove locked files. However, it requires your to reboot and it’s only worth to do only on large system. Read more: Move Or Delete Restricted File On Boot Using MoveOnBoot

If you don’t want to reboot and  just want to ‘assassinate’ that file right away, FileAssassin might be your great ‘murder’. Simply drag the locked file onto the window, it will try various ways to unlock that file such as unlock locked file handles, unload modules, terminate the file’s process. Then you can modify or delete that file. To learn more about FileAssassin, read FileAssassin Software on ghacks.net