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Comment from Mark J on 2011-02-20

2011-02-20T09:30:00Z

This often works when MoveOnBoot fails.

http://unlocker.en.softonic.com/

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Comment from colin on 2010-11-04

2010-11-04T18:37:47Z

Hi, this program formatted my hard drive.
DO NOT USE!

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Comment from Natasha on 2010-09-26

2010-09-27T03:08:02Z

Hi, this is a little long, but I hope you could help me. And yes it is related to moveonboot, since it won't delete the file I need it to.
Somehow I got the SecurityTool virus installed in my computer, after an exhausting war against it I manage to delete it. But afterwards it seems that a good number of malwares found their way in my computer. One of them took the name of one of my folders and added .exe at the end, and is this particular one I'm trying to delete, it says I can't because is in use somewhere.
I read the other article about procexp and downloaded it. I've found the handdle (there were 6 with the same name) but after I click on it everything is highlighted and I don't know which process to end.
So I saw this article and downloaded moveonboot, I've installed it, and so far so good, but when I try to delete it, or rename it, moveonboot denies me the acess or something like that. In other words, it can be done.
Any antivirus, antimalware, antispyware can delete this thing... So if you could help me, I'd be reaaaaaally thankful. Seriously!

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Comment from David on 2008-09-18

2008-09-18T10:28:37Z

Thanks for this, worked a treat on a file that McAfee marked as a Trojan but could not delete.

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Comment from Paul on 2007-09-08

2007-09-09T02:10:54Z

I had a problem deleting a malware DLL that seemed impervious to the above ideas. I finally got rid of it by setting the security permissions to Deny Execute. Next time I rebooted, the dll was unable to load, and could be deleted.

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Comment from Gord Campbell on 2007-08-23

2007-08-23T22:24:49Z

When I click on the MoveOnBoot link, I eventually wind up with a .MSI file, which Windows does not know what to do with. When I went to the software author's web site, I got a .EXE file, which said it could not find the .MSI file... This was just an exercise in frustration.

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Comment from oana on 2007-06-11

2007-06-11T08:33:26Z

thank you leo!!!!! that program is a miracle. i didn't think i was going to find a way to solve this problem.

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Comment from delayed revenge on 2007-05-01

2007-05-01T21:37:20Z

Go to the address below and download Sysinternals Process Explorer

http://www.loranbase.com/idx/15/025/article/Sysinternals-Process-Explorer-v1021.html

Open the program, and then;

1) Click binoculars icon, type program name (for example closeme.exe) click search
2) Click the process name you searched for
3) On the main window, right click the highlighted result and click "Close Handle"

Now you can delete or rename the program !

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Comment from John on 2007-03-09

2007-03-09T14:14:31Z

My IE7 was hijacked and I spent a week fruitlessly with anti virus programmes trying to remove the file/s that I had identified. No good. Then I chanced on this programme, 2 minutes later I deleted the file and now I'm hijack free..!! Brilliant programme would have paid for it if necessary.

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Comment from MILES STONE on 2006-11-07

2006-11-07T20:59:20Z

HOW ABOUT THE FILE UNLOCKER?
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This program wii get rid of any file. However, why not just copy the suspicious file to a floppy temporarily. Then delete it from your system when in safe mode. Then reboot and if ther is a problem related to its absence, copy it back from the floppy and learn to live with it!!

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Comment from A. Orcan on 2006-11-07

2006-11-07T15:28:17Z

I've been using unlocker, another free utility to delete files in use and it has never failed me. It is a "must have program", but must be used carefully as you have the power of god on all your files with it... Sometimes I may not even know that a file in a directory listing is in use and when I try to delete it, exlorer menu pops up with unlocker option ready to stop any relevant process and deletes the file(s)immediately afterwards. I used almost all available similar programs, but this one beats others by far. For comparisons and features see: "http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/" and forget about junk and unnecessary file deletion problems.

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Comment from Steve Myers on 2006-11-06

2006-11-07T01:10:20Z

I prefer to slave the harddrive and then run a scan. Nothing is running on the harddrive while slaved and AVG can clean the file in question usually.

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Comment from Paul Masters on 2006-11-05

2006-11-06T01:11:08Z

I also like to use ForceDelete which performs, as the name indicates, a forcible deletion of a file. It too is dangerous if the wrong file is deleted. ForceDelete is available FREE from softpedia at http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/ForceDelete-a-Download-33438.html

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Comment from Les Rylett on 2006-11-05

2006-11-05T09:37:07Z

I use a small programe called UNLOCKER ASSISTANT. A search on the internet will find it.
It gives the ability to get rid of the link, move or delete

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Comment from IceHappy on 2006-11-04

2006-11-04T19:56:52Z

Thanks again Leo this is a nice utility to keep on hand so that when "Safe Mode Doesn't work" there is another way to try and remove that file. Oh! I get it, use this utility instead of "Safe mode" and there is only one "1" reboot of the computer and job done.... Sounds productive;-) and I like the renaming rather than remove (delete in Safe Mode) as this can eliminate mistaken loss of work when later someone on the net is screaming lost data with a file name you remember "deleting" but now renaming!

Thanks again Leo...

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Comment from TDH on 2006-11-03

2006-11-04T03:29:43Z

If you have a download manager and the file has been downloaded, clear the download manager and try to delete the file.

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Comment from Dan Ullman on 2006-11-03

2006-11-03T17:09:59Z

While it does not work 100% of the time you can often delete a file by opening windows in Safe Mode.

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