Force deleting a directory under Win 7

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File I can't take ownership of

I want to delete a directory, but I cannot,e g.

1. Because I am not the owner ("Ownership").
2. Files are used by a process.
3. Folder is shared.
4. File names are corrupted, e.g. contain illegal characters.
5. Other reasons I cannot recall...

Is there a way to force the deletion - I perfectly accept that I am responsible for my action and I need to know what I am doing. I could resolve the root cause - but sometimes this sucks and is time consuming.

Is there any way simply to force the action?

Answer 1

Try this: Unlocker.

The software allows you to see which process(es) are locking current files and folders and allows you to 'unlock' them, allowing you to delete them afterwards. It has some other pretty neat features too, but I only use it for unlocking files.