Unlock And Delete Files With NoVirusThank File Governor

Unlocking files to delete sometime demands use special software. When I tried to delete a software exe from my desktop I faced difficulty to delete since was locked by Windows Defender apparently as the below screenshot confirms.

After some search over the net I decided to use NoVirusThank File Governor.

File Governor can help to solve errors like:

• Cannot delete folder: It is being used by another person or program.
• Cannot delete file: Access is denied.
• The file is in use by another program or user.

Installation is straightforward, and to use follow this:

1) Select Directory of the locked file.

2) On the main Interface investigate the process that prevent deleting, right click on it and choose Handle Option then Unlock or Unlock All.

3) If Unlock All didn’t help then the other option is to click on File Options-Delete-Reboot Delete or Force Delete File.

A pop-up message will warn you about the possibilities:
This Action will close all displayed files. You may loose your data if you aren’t sure in what you are doing. Are you sure you want to continue?

Clicking on Yes will initiate unlocking the locked file and depending on the situation a reboot is required to delete the locked file permanently.

NoVirusThank File Governor feature:

• Add to the Windows "Send To" Menu.
• Copy File to a User-Specified Directory.
• Full unicode support.
• No Kernel Driver Needed.
• Rename File to a User-Specified Filename.
• Search for Locked Files.
• Support multilanguage.
• Terminate Processes.
• Unload DLL.
• Unlock ALL Locked Files.
• Unlock Single File.
• Very user-friendly GUI.
• Windows All | 32 bit and 64 bit

To download NoVirusThank File Governor go here.

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