Command Line – How to Delete Locked Files or Folders in Windows?

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It is easy to delete a file or folder from a command line or a locked file or folder from a nice GUI tool like Unlocker.

However is there a way to delete locked file/folder from a command line?

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Sysinternals Handle can list all open handles (to files and other objects), as well as close them. Run handle filename to list all matching handles, then handle -c id -p pid to close it. This is basically the same as what Unlocker does.

(Edit: Added forgotten -p option.)

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If you are currently in the command prompt and have a file called test.png and , which are located in c:\test you can do the following:

If you are at the directory (so should say c:\test>) just type:

test.png

which would open test in the default png picture editor.

If the files name contains spaces, then simply enclose the file name within " "

 "this image.png"

You can alternatively type:

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which will open the file no matter where you currently are.

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Windows partition manager from command line

I doubt it will work on an SD card, but here is the command: diskpart

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/300415

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