Don’t we get annoyed if we see error messages when we try to eject our thumb drive, delete/move/rename files or folders, stopping us from doing what we want, without giving any clue on how to resolve this! And with an app like unlocker we don’t have to…
When we tried deleting folder this error is displayed
Unlocker displays the apps which currently accesses the files/folders on which we are trying edit or modify. For example, when we try to eject our usb drive, we get an error saying that it cannot be ejected since its in use. But the error message is so generic that we cannot make out which application is accessing that drive, so that we can stop it.
- Error displayed when tried to eject usb drive
We do have a workaround for this – Install unlocker.
Once unlocker is installed, it can be invoked by right clicking the locked file and select ‘Unlocker’.
Unlocker in Right Click context menu
A window is displayed which contains the list of application which has locked the file under interest. Once we find out the application, either we can manually close it or choose ‘unlock’ option. (Do the same for delete/move/rename operations as well).
Many a times our antivirus might lock the file present in the removable devices stopping us from ejecting, sometimes does the explorer.
Application which is currenlty accessing the file
Features
- Close handle
- Kill Process
- Unload Dll
- Delete index.dat
- DeleteRenameMove
- Invalid Names
- WithoutWithout Reboot
- Easily accessed from context menu
- Command Line/GUI
Download Unlocker : 
More Info at Unlocker Website
Note: If you get and error saying ‘Error Debug Privileges‘ try this
- Type Secpol.msc and select ‘User Rights Assignment’ under ‘Local Policies’ folder
- In the Policy column, double-click Debug programs and Add User or Group
