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Stop Cyberlink, untick , try unlocker again (delete), if it says delete on boot,
say yes and then go to msconfig in run, untick cybelink an dreboot.
come back, digits x'sed
Either using Unlocker during a reboot or using my method should work. I had the same problem with a explorer.exe.bak backup I had made when fooling with custom themes. I finally got it to delete by closing explorer and deleting through the command prompt.
Well, hello from me too!:)
Ok with "Unlocker" utility but there is something easiest and more generic to do, before that.
Just turn off the windows explorer options (from a top left button), to not viewing the "Details" and the "Preview" panes.
It works fine for me, with exactly the same "crazy" problem!
Just tell us, if you try it, with success!
My solution to the above problem is to use the already installed (at my pc) total commander. It seems that windows explorer locks the file as soon as you click on it to delete or rename it. Total commander has to trouble deleting/renaming or anything.
BTW I am not advertising, any alternative file manager would do the job.
I had the same problem with a .MKV file which was located on my HP home server (WHS). I was able to delete it using the command prompt via a remote desktop session (on my notebook) immediately after rebooting the server and without ever starting windows explorer on the server.
In my case the file name was excessively long and with many symbols so to avoid typing errors I copied the file name from the share which was visible in windows explorer on my notebook and was able to paste it in after the del command.
File unlocker was no help as it said the System had a lock on it.
Thanks for the help given above!