Unlocker is a perfect tool designed for removing file's access
restrictions and allowing to unlock file rapidly and effortlessly. Most
of the users faced a situation when he/she was unable to copy files and
folders locked by various applications or with long paths. These files
are commonly created by viruses/adware/different OS/ and other software
and can be harmful for the PC. Normally, they are inaccessible under
Windows and, therefore, it’s impossible to unlock or delete them.
Sometimes, you cannot unlock folder or unlock a file due to Windows
file-access bugs. In such cases Windows informs user that the file is
currently in use, even if it’s not. ABTO Software’s folder unlock
software can effectively bypass this bugs’ restrictions. Our file unlock
utility seamlessly unlocks or disables obstacles that are preventing
the user from accessing the target file.
File unlock utility applies a variety of methods to delete persistent and locked files, inclusively:
- trying to close the handle
- killing process which keeps file open
- unloading DLL that opened file’s handle
- scheduling file delete on the next reboot
- forcing the delete