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Move, rename, or delete locked files at your next system boot with this effective and easy-to-use freeware utility. EMCO MoveOnBoot's no frills interface has a combination of a drag-and-drop window and text buttons. It won't win any design awards, but it makes the app simple to operate. Help is included, but even inexperienced users will have this program mastered in minutes.
It can't get much easier to work with the locked files. You merely drag the problem file to the interface and the app displays a prompt dialog. Radio buttons list each of the program's options. Click the action you need performed, and press OK. MoveOnBoot will delete, move, or rename files or folders. The app also offers an easy method to bypass the prompt dialog. If you need to perform the same action on multiple files, you can simply call up a drag-and-drop window for that action and drop all your files there. All it takes to perform the actions is to boot your system.
The interface helpfully lists all actions to be performed on next boot and includes a log of previously performed actions. ECMO MoveOnBoot simplifies a function experienced users find difficult, and it does it in a way that even novices will understand. This is freeware everyone will need at some point, and it's a good addition to any user's toolbox.
Publisher's Description
From EMCO Software:
MoveOnBoot is a simple free utility that helps you to manage locked file system resources. It allows you to rename, move or delete any file and folder, locked by system or another application.
MoveOnBoot doesn't terminate processes that hold locks, to unlock resources. Instead, it utilizes a much safer approach - it uses standard Windows mechanism for file system resources management immediately after the system restart, but before launching services and applications. This approach prevents resources locking by system processes and applications, so they can be renames, moved or deleted with no problems.
Application provides an easy-to-use interface for the real one-click management of locked resources. Using it, you can schedule delete, move and rename operations with selected locked files and folders to be executed at the next system restart.
What's new in this version: Version 2.3.3 has reduced system memory usage.
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"only any good for minor work"
Version: EMCO MoveOnBoot 2.3.2
Pros
It was free and I hadnt spent any money...otherwise I would have had to ask for a refund...thank goodnes for shareware / trailware
A nice simple GUICons
Failed completly to recurse delete files from folders. This meant selcting individual files...a long and cumbersome method when compared to "take ownership" even with the 15 item selection limit.
Fails to take into account file "ownership" or "trusted installer" status or full "administrator" priveledges that may be required to remove files.Summary
The blurb is very promising but the results were below par. I read the review about it removing virus and smiled to myself.
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"This software works when other efforts failed"
Version: EMCO MoveOnBoot 2.2.7
Pros
Easy to download and configure. It blasted away some scumware toolbar and a hijack-the-home-page routine that somehow got loaded on my computer. I was unable to remove the programs using conventional methods including DOS commands but this program did the job.
Cons
Not intuitively obvious how to use.
Summary
This program is a keeper.
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"great utilities"
Version: EMCO MoveOnBoot 2.2.7
Pros
with this tool my computer is free from virus and all the friend
Cons
too big for utilities
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"'Must have' utility!"
Version: EMCO MoveOnBoot 2.2.5
Pros
Simply does its job, to remove files and folders which the Windows operating system just won't let go of.
Cons
None encountered.
Summary
If you've never encountered the situation this little utility was made for, let's say you've found a comprehensive media player you like much better than Windows Media Player (WMP). This is not hard to do, in my estimation.
Now, you want to remove WMP. You know it's needlessly occupying hard drive space, as well as Registry keys for its registered DLL files etc. You periodically use a Registry cleaner for the sake of performance, but you know it won't remove those keys if the files are still there.
You look for the uninstaller, and there is none. You go to the Control Panel program which adds & removes Windows' features, and tell it you don't want WMP. It seems to do the reconfiguration, but then you check the C:\Program Files folder. The Windows Media Player folder is still there, and it's definitely not empty. You try to delete it, and the system won't let you do that.
At this point an very advanced user might suspect that the offending folder could be removed in Windows' Safe Mode, and would know how to reboot the machine into that mode. Most users would not. This works, but involves a second reboot to get the machine back into Normal Startup Mode. This little utility does the job in just one reboot, without the special Windows configuration knowledge. -
"works great does a good job"
Version: EMCO MoveOnBoot 2.2.3
Pros
has more features added since i used it last, but it workslik a champ on stubborn files
Cons
alot mere technical looking than it used to be but with all the new features i guess it has to be
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"SoftwareFREE for removing file\folder blocked by system"
Version: EMCO MoveOnBoot 2.2.2
Pros
Very good,insuperable program.It has a tutorial very clean.Interesting interface,excellent in every respect.
It's unlocked me files & folders that I could not unlock with any other program.
This is great and deserves even more or at least a 10 star.Cons
None at all. The program also has automatic updates for new versions of the program.
Summary
Program for all users. It's very useful in same case. IRREPLACEABLE.
INTERFACE VERY PLEASANT AND WE CAN CHANGE SKIN. -
"Excellent cleaning program..."
Version: EMCO MoveOnBoot 2.2.2
Pros
Does what it says: Remove (even locked) files and folder on reboot.
Cons
Cannot remove registry entries
Summary
Very good software.
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"Worked for my problem"
Version: EMCO MoveOnBoot 2.1.6
Pros
Win7 would not let me delete a game .exe file. Kept saying I needed to be administrator. I am. Nothing I tried within windows could get rid of it. I downloaded this beauty and it's wizard walked me through it and the file and directory was gone, fast
Cons
Just can't say anything bad about it.
Summary
I would just like to say that using this program with the wizard helped me a lot. I don't want to have to study command line syntax just to accomplish removing a file. Win 7 didn't help me get a solution.
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"A masterpiece of programming"
Version: EMCO MoveOnBoot 2.1.6
Pros
Relatively small download size, can unlock locked files/folders or overpower infected ones, easy to use, it's free!
Cons
None at all, it did exactly what I wanted.
Summary
An absolutely genious piece of programming, I could not be happier with it. I was being blocked from deleting a certain file on my computer, when I would try to delete it, I kept getting an error message telling me the file was being used by another program & therefor I was unable to delete it (I suspect the file was infected). MoveOnBoot deleted the file first try, no problems, easy!
It is incredibly easy to use too, I must have spent less than 5 minutes in total setting it up to delete the file in question, and for users that are perhaps less advanced, there is an extensive users manual built into the program.
This is a first rate piece of software, I have no complaints and only high praise for it. I just can't belive its free! If you have any problem files which are resistant to deletion, this is definately the program to use. I just wish I could give it more than 5 stars! -
"Fantastic - worked immediately"
Version: EMCO MoveOnBoot 2.1.6
Pros
Free. Nice interface. Installed quickly. Worked (the most important pr). It got rid of a very stubborn bunch of folders and files on a non-system drive that were resiting deletion by several other programs due to "access denied" messages.
Cons
What's not to like? It's free, what do you expect?
Summary
Talented programmers gave freely of their time to create this to help people like you and me. Thanks you so much.
