Unlocker explorer' extension shell

Lio

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Hello guys! newbie here :)
I'm tryng to solve some issue on my Vista x64 based pc.
I've installed (as always in all my pc) the Unlocker prog ( HERE )
No problem during the install, Then I setup the program to work with Admin previlege (Run as administrator) but........... I don't have any unlocker shortcut in my explorer extension (to be more clear....I have no Unlocker choice with right click on the file I want to unlock).
I have the Unlocher assistent in the app Bar, but it is useless.
I see that all you here speak about Unlocker so I can thinks thato many of you have it working.
Can you please help me? (despite my horrible english :o:p)
Thanks in advance
 

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Hi Lio,

Welcome to Vista Forums. :party:

Did you already do the instructions from the program's site?

How to make Unlocker work on Windows Vista? You need to deactivate UAC globally for the whole system or locally just for Unlocker. Globally, go to "Control Panel" then "User Accounts" then again "User Accounts" then "Turn User Account Control" and set it to Off, then restart your computer. Locally go to the Unlocker install directory (usually C:/Program Files/Unlocker), right-click Unlocker.exe, select Properties, and on the "Compatibility" tab, under "Priviledge Level" enable "Run this program as administrator". Click "allow" everytime you will get the UAC prompt to ask if you want to run Unlocker.

Shawn
 

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    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
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    Windows 10 Pro
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    i7-7500U @ 2.70 GHz
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    NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
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    Conexant ISST Audio
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    17.3" UHD IPS touch
    Screen Resolution
    3480 x 2160
    Hard Drives
    512 GB M.2 SSD
Hi Brink, thanks for your reply...
Yes I did it.
After the install I did the "run as Administrator" but I don't have it in the right click.
I also tried to run in compatibility mode (XP service pack 2)..... nothing!!!
Maybe I'm a stupid woman, but there is something wrong....:confused:
 

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Lio,

While your in the Compatibility Mode window, see if you check the Run this program as an administrator box at the bottom. Then see if it will run ok.

Shawn
 

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System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
    Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    Intel i7-8700K 5 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
    Memory
    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
    Sound Card
    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
    4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2,
    8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
    PSU
    Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W
    Case
    Thermaltake Core P3
    Cooling
    Corsair Hydro H115i
    Keyboard
    Logitech wireless K800
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 3
    Internet Speed
    1 Gb/s Download and 35 Mb/s Upload
    Other Info
    Logitech Z625 speaker system,
    Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
    HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
    APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
    Galaxy S23 Plus phone
  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Envy Y0F94AV
    CPU
    i7-7500U @ 2.70 GHz
    Memory
    16 GB DDR4-2133
    Graphics card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
    Sound Card
    Conexant ISST Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17.3" UHD IPS touch
    Screen Resolution
    3480 x 2160
    Hard Drives
    512 GB M.2 SSD
I post some screen, so you can see how I've my setting done. Sometimes my english is too bad to be clear :o

lio-04.jpg


and this is the only (useless...) extension that I've in explorer (right click).

lio-05.jpg


In this way my unlocker don't run.
This morning when I turn on my Vista pc, for the first time I have a UAC windows asking a permit for Unlocker assistent .....
This things make me mad :confused:.......
Unlocker is installed, it's in my explorer shell, but it's not setup to do its work..........
I've uninstalled and reinstalled many times without no change......
There is something that I'm doing wrong. :cry:
Thanks for your support, Vista 64 make me crazy in many things, not only this one (like WD Button Manager permit, or The font Thing impossible setup etc).
I wait for all suggestion
Have a great day!
 

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Lio,

Uncheck the box for the XP SP2 compatibility and leave the Run as Admin. checked to see how that does. If this still does not get it to work, then you might send a email to the Unlocker support contact at their site to see what they say about it to.

Shawn
 

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System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
    Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    Intel i7-8700K 5 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
    Memory
    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
    Sound Card
    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
    4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2,
    8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
    PSU
    Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W
    Case
    Thermaltake Core P3
    Cooling
    Corsair Hydro H115i
    Keyboard
    Logitech wireless K800
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 3
    Internet Speed
    1 Gb/s Download and 35 Mb/s Upload
    Other Info
    Logitech Z625 speaker system,
    Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
    HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
    APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
    Galaxy S23 Plus phone
  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Envy Y0F94AV
    CPU
    i7-7500U @ 2.70 GHz
    Memory
    16 GB DDR4-2133
    Graphics card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
    Sound Card
    Conexant ISST Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17.3" UHD IPS touch
    Screen Resolution
    3480 x 2160
    Hard Drives
    512 GB M.2 SSD
Thanks! but I've already tried with all the different possibility, with and
without check etc.....
I really don't have any idea now......
I see that so many people have Unlocker installed with Vista64 and I don't understand why for me this is impossible.
Iìll try with Unlocker support but with my english....I'm not sure to have an answer!

however thanks for your help, much appreciated
 

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Lio,

Your doing great, I can understand your English just fine. I hope they can give you answer. It's probably just something simple somewhere.

Shawn
 

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System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
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    Custom
    CPU
    Intel i7-8700K 5 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
    Memory
    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
    Sound Card
    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
    4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2,
    8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
    PSU
    Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W
    Case
    Thermaltake Core P3
    Cooling
    Corsair Hydro H115i
    Keyboard
    Logitech wireless K800
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 3
    Internet Speed
    1 Gb/s Download and 35 Mb/s Upload
    Other Info
    Logitech Z625 speaker system,
    Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
    HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
    APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
    Galaxy S23 Plus phone
  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Envy Y0F94AV
    CPU
    i7-7500U @ 2.70 GHz
    Memory
    16 GB DDR4-2133
    Graphics card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
    Sound Card
    Conexant ISST Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17.3" UHD IPS touch
    Screen Resolution
    3480 x 2160
    Hard Drives
    512 GB M.2 SSD
I wrote to the author of this program and He has already answered: no word.... it's a very kind guy!

here his answer, so I hope it is usefull for all.

I am very sorry but Unlocker can not work yet on x64.
There is a bug that I need to fix. I have no ETA yet
since I am crunching in office like crazy.
Cedrick

So maybe that people with Unlocker running on Vista pc, have Vista 32....:sarc:
But I'm very sad, I'm used to have Unlocker.....:(

Thanks for tour effort
Lio
 

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Lio,

That would certainely explain why it would not work. LOL

Hopefully he will come out with a 64 bit version soon.

Shawn
 

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System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
    Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    Intel i7-8700K 5 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
    Memory
    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
    Sound Card
    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
    4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2,
    8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
    PSU
    Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W
    Case
    Thermaltake Core P3
    Cooling
    Corsair Hydro H115i
    Keyboard
    Logitech wireless K800
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 3
    Internet Speed
    1 Gb/s Download and 35 Mb/s Upload
    Other Info
    Logitech Z625 speaker system,
    Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
    HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
    APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
    Galaxy S23 Plus phone
  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Envy Y0F94AV
    CPU
    i7-7500U @ 2.70 GHz
    Memory
    16 GB DDR4-2133
    Graphics card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
    Sound Card
    Conexant ISST Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17.3" UHD IPS touch
    Screen Resolution
    3480 x 2160
    Hard Drives
    512 GB M.2 SSD
Thanks Lio!! Thanks for all your leg work on this......it was a great time saver. I was having the same issue, atleast I know why now.
 

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Yup, I have Vista 64 too and I too very much miss Unlocker. Does anyone know if there is a similar program that can perform the same tasks and functions as unlocker had?

Thanks
 

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thanks for the info Lio, Its one of my favs also!
 

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System One

  • CPU
    INTEL CORE 2 QUAD Q6600
    Motherboard
    ASUS P5K-E WIFI P35
    Memory
    8GB DDR2 667MHZ KINGSTON
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia Geforce 8800GTS 512MB G
    Hard Drives
    1 x Western Digital 500GB 16MB SATA2
I deep searched but nothing found yet, there are so many similiar applications but none of them working. vista 64 is really going to be monopoly, monopoly on drivin us crazy. I wonder how they can success to deploy OS that doesnt fit anything on market.
 

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If you go to this page:
UNLOCKER 1.8.7 BY CEDRICK 'NITCH' COLLOMB

There is a comparison chat listing other "similar" programs. I'd suggest looking for one with the features you require (obviously they aren't as good as Unlocker) and check to see if it has 64bit support!
 

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    Intel Core i7-6800k @ 4.0 GHz
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    ASUS X99-M WS
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    ASUS ROG Swift PG278Q
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    2560x1440
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    1x 500GB Samsung 850 Evo
    2x Western Digital RED 4TB (RAID 1)
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its been a few months since the last post here....did anyone find anything similar to unlocker?

Brink, is there a way to manually kill a dll file using CMD prompt or something? (unlocker saved me having to reboot various times in the past on my XP pc, but i keep getting stung on vista 64)

thanks
 

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System One

  • CPU
    INTEL CORE 2 QUAD Q6600
    Motherboard
    ASUS P5K-E WIFI P35
    Memory
    8GB DDR2 667MHZ KINGSTON
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia Geforce 8800GTS 512MB G
    Hard Drives
    1 x Western Digital 500GB 16MB SATA2
Hi BleepingCrazy,

Did you want to delete or kill the process for the .dll file?

If kill, then what is the full path of the .dll file? I'll see if I can post back a command that you can try to delete it with. :)
 

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System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
    Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    Intel i7-8700K 5 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
    Memory
    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
    Sound Card
    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
    4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2,
    8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
    PSU
    Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W
    Case
    Thermaltake Core P3
    Cooling
    Corsair Hydro H115i
    Keyboard
    Logitech wireless K800
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 3
    Internet Speed
    1 Gb/s Download and 35 Mb/s Upload
    Other Info
    Logitech Z625 speaker system,
    Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
    HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
    APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
    Galaxy S23 Plus phone
  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Envy Y0F94AV
    CPU
    i7-7500U @ 2.70 GHz
    Memory
    16 GB DDR4-2133
    Graphics card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
    Sound Card
    Conexant ISST Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17.3" UHD IPS touch
    Screen Resolution
    3480 x 2160
    Hard Drives
    512 GB M.2 SSD
hi Brink, it varies, one in particular for example, is when updating ultraISO, it leaves "C:\Program Files (x86)\UltraISO\isoshl64.dll" and doesn't allow it to be deleted until a restart. killing it saves me restarting for nothing. (then I exit/restart explorer.exe)...voilà!

can you make a batch command that does both? (at least the 1st)....so then I could use that on other similar, frequently changed programs, etc.

EDIT: I've heard that Windows 7 has a "unlocker" of sorts as a default....anyone use that? pros/cons?
 

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System One

  • CPU
    INTEL CORE 2 QUAD Q6600
    Motherboard
    ASUS P5K-E WIFI P35
    Memory
    8GB DDR2 667MHZ KINGSTON
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia Geforce 8800GTS 512MB G
    Hard Drives
    1 x Western Digital 500GB 16MB SATA2
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