w7 locking

[illizit]

why does windows 7 ultimate x64 (not sure if other versions have this issue) lock files after they are deleted thus making overwriting impossible for what seems to be a huge amount of time until system decides its ok to stop being a worthless piece of?

is there seriously anyway to fix this? permissions don't help, "running as admin" is a joke
why the hell does it do this???

 

[CyberZeus]

How is it possible to lock a file AFTER it has been deleted?

 

[illizit]

because windows 7 does not delete it for me...
it locks it when i tell it to delete it then about 5-7 minutes later it will delete it

 

[alphanumeric]

Thats not normal, something else is going on there. I've never seen that happen on any Windows OS I've ever ran. Has it always done this or did you just notice it? Is the delay with the file going to the recycle bin or actually emptying the recycle bin? How much free space do you have on your hard drive/partition?

 

[CyberZeus]

Is there an antivirus active? Have you tried to disable it to verify if the antivirus locks it?
You can also use LockHunter is a free 64/32 bit tool to delete files blocked by any processes to check which process is locking the file.

 

[illizit]

its always happened the entire time ive used windows 7 but only been using for a few months
i have had it happen with every type of file and even folders but seems to be happening alot more with mingw32 trying to overwrite exe.
doesnt matter if i manually try to really delete or just send it to recycling bin. i think it just copies file to recycling bin then locks the file after copy.

is there any service if disabled will cause this issue? the only thing i can think that may be "wrong" or different

 

[illizit]

no av/firewall..
ive used lockhunter before but it cant unlock from "system"

 

[alphanumeric]

No AV/firewall as in not installed or just turned off?

 

[illizit]

its def not av causing this issue

 

[alphanumeric]

Maybe not, but if you're not using an AV app, maybe your system is infected with something?

EDIT: Are you running BitLocker?

 

[illizit]

i scanned it just the other day and i think it does it on fresh install, although i may have disabled a service when i installed windows before i noticed it happening

 

[illizit]

uh maybe not.. still doing it with bitlocker enabled or disabled

well maybe better

 

[alphanumeric]

i scanned it just the other day and i think it does it on fresh install, although i may have disabled a service when i installed windows before i noticed it happening

I hope you kept track of what services you disabled? They are almost always set the way they are for a reason.

 

[illizit]

uh most r pointless really though...
maybe i go a lil too far but defintely alot that enabled by default that most people dont need or will never use

 

[alphanumeric]

IMHO the pointless part is disabling them in the first place. On todays fast multi core systems your not going to notice any performance increase by disabling a couple of services. More than likely , as you have probably found out, you'll break something. In your case it would appear that it has had the complete opposite effect and negatively impacted performance. I know this sounds like a lecture but I don't know how to say it without it coming out that way. I could be wrong and end up eating crow but at the moment I'm thinking one of the services you disabled is causing your problem. If you kept track of what you did you can backtrack and undo it and see if the problem goes away. You could try system restore, if it doesn't work you can always undo it and go back to where you are now.

 

[illizit]

system restore is always the first thing i disable on windows install... really pointless
anyways think it was "application experience", after reading about an issue on Application Experience - Process and Service wiki.
that seems similar to the problem i have, so tried enabling it and havent seemed to have the problem again, although ive only been trying exe's haven't tested with zip files like they say there or any other types