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m^(2) · **Posted:** Sun Dec 13, 2009 8:30 am

guinness wrote:

What has happened to the Unlocker website ... http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/ Obviously its easy to find a download of V1.8.8, but curious if a new website has been created?

4 days ago it was fine.

donald · **Posted:** Sun Dec 13, 2009 3:04 pm

I also do not know what has happened, but if anyone wants to find out here is an email address

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ccollomb@yahoo.com

I will email and post any results here.

guinness · **Joined:** Mon Aug 27, 2007 2:00 am **Posts:** 3787

Still down! This is sad because its such a great piece of Software.

CodesAway · **Posted:** Tue Jan 19, 2010 4:41 pm

guinness wrote:

its such a great piece of Software.

Yeah. I was able to verify that the portable version does work on a computer that doesn't have Unlocker installed (not sure if it's stealth). I don't know if it's possible to install the shell extension and remove it on close, but my setup works for me. I have Unlocker as one of my "favorite tools" in FreeCommander. So, I can easily unlock a file/folder from within FreeCommander (which is what I use instead of Windows Explorer) by selecting the file and pressing the Unlocker icon.

MiDoJo · **Joined:** Thu Apr 17, 2008 2:36 pm **Posts:** 312

Site's back up now

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Sorry for the downtime!
I had a hard time fixing my account while being in holidays in France for a while. To prevent similar issues in the future, I am establishing a full website mirror here: http://cedrick.collomb.perso.sfr.fr/unlocker/. I am also looking for a better and more permanent hosting solution. If you have any hosting tips, feel free to email me at ccollomb@yahoo.com.

guinness · **Joined:** Mon Aug 27, 2007 2:00 am **Posts:** 3787

Next release will support x64

webfork · **Posted:** Wed Jan 20, 2010 2:59 pm

I would get a permanent and free website host as a pointer. Google Sites, or any number of other free and permanent tools out there.

Then have it point to the various different mirrors. I'd be happy to host one of them on my Dreamhost account.

donald · **Posted:** Wed Jan 20, 2010 3:34 pm

Is anyone going to put this up in favorites?

I would vote for it.

CodesAway · **Posted:** Wed Jan 20, 2010 3:41 pm

I'll add it, but I don't know who to give credit to - I know the suggestion wasn't mine.

I'll post a link here when I get the info added.

CodesAway · **Posted:** Wed Jan 20, 2010 4:20 pm

Ok, I added the program - Unlocker. I'm not sure who suggested it, so I put "Unknown".

The site didn't really have much details and I haven't used it in enough environments, so feedback is welcome. If any of the following info is incorrect, please tell me.

Synopsis: Unlocker Assistant stays in your system tray bar and automatically launches Unlocker if you are trying to delete/rename/move a file that is locked.
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch UnlockerAssistant.exe.
Path portability: Don't know
Unicode support: Don't know
Dependencies: Don't know (maybe Administrator rights are necessary, but not sure)
Stealth: Don't know

Also, for the description, I just copied the answer to the "What is Unlocker Assistant?" question on his site. If you have a better description, I'll be happy to modify it.

-.- · **Joined:** Mon Oct 06, 2008 4:32 pm **Posts:** 332

You need admin rights I think. pretty sure you did before and I never checked with the newer unlockers lol
It is kind of stealth, writes to registry I think but it was just a legacy thing which all programs write to I think.
It doesn't need unicode since it isnt opening documents.
No real path either so its portable since you launch it from where you place it.

Another thing I like to do and I mentioned in on previous page I think, but I like making a shortcut of the unlocker.exe and placing it in sendto older. Then I can send files/folders to it and have it unlocked automatically. But this isn't really a "portable" thing because shortcut breaks when you unplug usb

CodesAway · **Posted:** Wed Jan 20, 2010 6:16 pm

-.- wrote:

You need admin rights I think. pretty sure you did before and I never checked with the newer unlockers lol

Ok, thanks. I'll update that.

-.- wrote:

It is kind of stealth, writes to registry I think but it was just a legacy thing which all programs write to I think.

I'm going to wait on this, since you're not sure. There are several people that download ONLY if it's stealth and I don't want to lead them astray.

-.- wrote:

It doesn't need unicode since it isnt opening documents.

In that case, can it unlock files whose filenames contain unicode characters? If yes, then it supports unicode; otherwise, it doesn't. Also, can you rename the file to a filename containing unicode characters?

-.- wrote:

No real path either so its portable since you launch it from where you place it.

So, should I leave it as N/A, since it doesn't apply? The other options are ones like "automatic relative path", "manual relative path" and other options which define how the path is stored.

-.- wrote:

Another thing I like to do and I mentioned in on previous page I think, but I like making a shortcut of the unlocker.exe and placing it in sendto older. Then I can send files/folders to it and have it unlocked automatically. But this isn't really a "portable" thing because shortcut breaks when you unplug usb

Yeah, I do something similar by making Unlocker a "favorite tool" in FreeCommander. As a favorite tool, I select the file I want, click the Unlocker icon and it opens that file in Unlocker.

In FreeCommander, you can make the path drive independent by using the "%FcSrcDrive%" FreeCommander environment variable. This variable contains the drive letter (e.g. "E:") from where FreeCommander was run. So, I have "%FcSrcDrive%\Unlocker\UnlockerPortable.exe" as the program path for the Unlocker program in my "favorite tools".

Ruby · **Joined:** Sat Sep 05, 2009 6:35 pm **Posts:** 288

guinness wrote:

I use http://portableapps.com/node/12210 which doesn't leave any trace on the machine as it unregisters UnlockerCOM.dll and deletes HKCR\CLSID\UnlockerShellExtension & HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_UNLOCKERDRIVER5. I would presume the 'Official' version doesn't clean the appropriate RegKeys.

I agree with Guinness, I also use the AutoIt Wrapper created by Wraithdu.
It registers & unregisters the UnlockerCOM.dll (shell extension).
Right-click a file, folder or drive and open in Unlocker, no need for SendTo.

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Will prompt for UAC elevation in Vista, and will terminate if it does not have admin rights (any OS)
Now includes SetACL to facilitate removal of the Enum\Root\LEGACY_UNLOCKERDRIVER5 reg key

I tried that portable zip download and it just seemed awkward, no right click ext. etc.
I think the PortableApps version should be an alternate if not the download link in the database.

CodesAway · **Posted:** Thu Jan 21, 2010 5:36 am

Ruby wrote:

I agree with Guinness, I also use the AutoIt Wrapper created by Wraithdu.
It registers & unregisters the UnlockerCOM.dll (shell extension).
Right-click a file, folder or drive and open in Unlocker, no need for SendTo.

Thanks, I updated the description with a link to it. Also, I emailed Unlocker's developer to see if he can add support for the right click extension.

Ruby · **Joined:** Sat Sep 05, 2009 6:35 pm **Posts:** 288

Nice job CodesAway, I posted some more info on the PortableApps version in the comments, as I feel this is one of those rare occasions where the 'Official' portable version is not as good as the alternative. It should also be noted that the PortableApps version is only an AutoIt Wrapper to register the ext. and load the driver, and not the usual PAF, NSIS Launcher.

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