Similar to Unlocker, Free File Unlocker is a new application that allows you to unlock files or folders and stops error messages from appearing when trying to delete, move and rename files that are in use by other programs. You might notice one of the below listed messages, Windows prompts when making changes to a locked file or folder.

* Cannot delete folder: It is being used by another person or program
* Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not currently in use
* Cannot delete file: Access is denied
* The file is in use by another program or user
* There has been a sharing violation
* The source or destination file may be in use
* Cannot read from the source file or disk

Free File Unlocker is an essential freeware file unlocking utility that fully integrates with Windows Explorer and offers the ability to simply unlock a file or folder from right-click context menu in explorer. It can also be executed from the command line and can be used to terminate malware that is difficult to be removed and to kill viruses and trojans.

Additionally, there are options to check locked file input lists, copy destination lists, move destination lists and rename lists. One can see information about the processes locking the file and the processes or file handle can be killed and deleted.

Supports: All 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows and Windows Server.

Note: A portable version is also available.

Download Free File Unlocker

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Certainly, there are lot of free File Sharing sites that allow users to upload their data to cloud and share it easily with their family, friends, co-workers, etc. However, most services lets you share stuff via their web interface only, which isn’t much convenient for users who frequently upload & share files across the web. Luckily, I got to know about a great web service that is a perfect alternative to CloudApp, an app for Mac.

Minus is an amazing and fast file sharing platform that allows users to simply upload, manage and share photos, music, documents and files. It is a cross-platform program, available as a desktop application for Windows, Mac and Ubuntu. Minus is available for popular mobile platforms – Android and iOS (coming soon for WP7), and has browser extensions for Chrome and Firefox. Minus is Absolutely Free! Just create an account at Minus in less than 5 seconds and you’re all set to use it efficiently.

Key Features include -

• Get 10 GB of free space
• Share Large Files up to 2 GB each
• Unlimited Downloads and Transfer
• Use Dashboard to manage your uploaded stuff
• Profile to publish and share your files and folders (example)

Minus is very handy and useful because it makes sharing files real simple & quick. One can easily batch upload files using its web interface or use its desktop app that offers the ability to ‘drag and drop’ photos and files into the taskbar and instantly upload onto Minus. It currently supports files such as images, PDF, text docs, music and videos.

Minus application for desktop comes with built-in Screen Capture support which is indeed a great add-on. Hence, it eliminates the need to first take a screenshot using a dedicated program, then save and lastly upload it to web for sharing. With Minus, just Take screenshot quickly using a user-defined hotkey and it will upload it automatically. Once the file is uploaded, a pop-up shows up and the file share link gets copied to the clipboard which you can share with anyone (Private by default).

The desktop app has a simple and cool interface, with Dashboard providing access to all the files uploaded and lets you manage them. You can delete files, toggle Public/Private, set a caption for files folder. You can even drag a bunch of files from desktop or explorer to an existing folder or gallery.

Minus on Web – The web interface of Minus is also pretty impressive and easy-to-use. The Dashboard displays your files, activity, lets you explore and search all the cool publicly shared stuff. You can choose between several display modes and switch between light and dark background with Lights On/Off option. Users can upload files (drag n drop), edit the file name, download files, get a shortlink for your files. It also displays the storage usage, number of folder views and total hits to your profile.

Furthermore, Minus allows you to Edit images in browser with Aviary. You can simply add effects to your photos in just a single click, rotate, resize, crop, remove redeye, sharpen, add text, etc.

It’s Reliable – Minus uses the latest Cloud computing technologies. They are fully deployed on Amazon’s EC2 and S3 Cloud storage. Minus keeps all files indefinitely unless deleted by the uploader or if it violates their terms of service.

Minus for iPhone, iPad and Android devices, allows you to upload files and photos to Minus from your mobile device, directly from the app or from the share menu. It keeps a history of uploaded files and galleries. You can login into account to access your files.

Minus Firefox and Chrome extension – Allows you to take screenshots of your browser and auto-uploading them to your account. Additionally you can browse your galleries with this extension.

Download Minus – Desktop App for Windows/Mac/Ubuntu | Android App | iOS App

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Google Docs Viewer is a free and useful service by Google, which lets you quickly view documents online without leaving your browser. It saves time and frees you from the task of downloading files, then open and read them with a relevant program.

Until now, Google Docs Viewer used to support 3 major file formats namely: PDFs, Microsoft Word documents (.DOC, .DOCX) and PowerPoint presentations (.PPT). Google Docs viewer has now added support for 12 new file types listed below:

• Microsoft Excel (.XLS and .XLSX)
• Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 / 2010 (.PPTX)
• Apple Pages (.PAGES)
• Adobe Illustrator (.AI)
• Adobe Photoshop (.PSD)
• Autodesk AutoCad (.DXF)
• Scalable Vector Graphics (.SVG)
• PostScript (.EPS, .PS)
• TrueType (.TTF)
• XML Paper Specification (.XPS)

It also adds quick viewing capabilities for many of the most popular and highly-requested document and image types. In Gmail, these types of attachments will now show a “View” link, and clicking on this link will bring up the Google Docs Viewer.

via [Official Gmail Blog]

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If you want to transfer data like applications, music, and videos from your computer to Android phone OR from Android phone to computer, then you need to connect both the devices using a USB cable connection or pull out the SD card to transfer your data.

However, if your Android device and PC is connected over a common wireless network, then you can easily transfer files wirelessly (over Wi-Fi) without using any USB cable or the cumbersome SD card method. Check the below tutorial carefully:

Note: You can only browse and transfer files to/from the SD card of phone.

Transferring Data between Android and Computer over Wi-Fi -

1. Make sure Wi-Fi is turned on your phone and both the PC and phone are using the same wireless network/router.

2. Download and Install SwiFTP Server on your Android device from the Android market. Use the given QR code:

SwiFTP is an open-source FTP server that allows you to connect to your phone over wifi or cellular/3g to upload and download files. Any FTP client can be used.

3. Launch ‘SwiFTP’ app and click on the ‘Setup’ button. Enter a desired username and password. Input /mnt/sdcard in the Stay within folder entry and click ‘Save’.

4. Now click the Start button on SwiFTP Server. Let it run and display the Wifi URL.

5. Open ‘My Computer’ on your PC now, enter the FTP address (Wifi URL) in the address bar. A dialog-box will open as shown below, just enter the username and password that you setup in Step 3. (Tried on Windows 7)

You’ll now be able to manage data on your SD card & transfer files between computer and your Android device over WiFi. Stop the SwiFTP app after the task is completed.

Hope you liked it! Don’t forget to check our ANDROID section for more exciting content.

Thanks Pratyush for the tip.

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Gmail by Google, is one of the most popular email service today which has made an immense growth in a very short period. There are many great and useful features that power Gmail, here is another one which I got to know just now.

If you mention something like “I’ve attached or I have attached” when composing an email and somehow didn’t remember to add the attachment, then Gmail will instantly remind you that no files are attached as you click the ‘Send’ button to send your email.

A preview of pop-up:

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Dropbox for Blackberry is now officially released for public which is a free app. Dropbox is an amazing service which backup files on the cloud and lets your easily sync and access your data from anywhere using the web interface, Windows, Mac, Linux and Mobile.

• Access your Dropbox on the go
• Upload files and sync them to your Dropbox
• Share links to files in your Dropbox

How to Install Dropbox on your Blackberry -

1. Open this link on your browser to download Dropbox for Blackberry.
2. After app has downloaded and installed, you must reboot your device by selecting "Reboot" from the given list of options.
3. From the home screen, press the Menu button and navigate to the Downloads folder
4. There you will see the Dropbox app icon.
5. Open the app and enter your Dropbox email address and password.

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Generally, there is no easy way to pin folders to taskbar in Windows 7 which many users may prefer to do. Also, files with .exe extension can be only pinned to Windows 7 taskbar. Here is a small tool which provides an easy way to overcome this restriction.

Windows 7 Taskbar Items Pinner is a free portable tool developed by Kishan Bagaria of door2windows that allows you to pin files, folders & webpages to your Windows 7 taskbar. This tool lets you pin any file of any extension, any folder & even webpages.

One can also select the pre-defined items like Computer, Games, Control panel, etc. to pin them instantly on taskbar. It also shows the list of pinned items which you can unpin.

You need to specify an icon in order to pin any file or folder. Also, make sure to run this tool in Administrator mode (Right-click and select ‘Run as administrator’).

Download Windows 7 Taskbar Items Pinner

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Awesome Drop is an online service which uses HTML5 features to let you drag and drop files from your computer to your Android phone over the web. This is really an easy way to transfer files from computer to phone using just a web browser on any OS. No need to connect any cable or memory card for transferring data.

This service is free and No account is required. It works over Wi-Fi and 3G but Wi-Fi is recommended. All the files are stored in the "drop" folder on storage card of phone.

To use it, you firstly need to Download and install the Awesome Drop on your phone. Then make sure Wi-Fi is On and both computer and phone are connected over the same network. Follow the demo video below to see the process in action:

Awesome Drop     via  [LifeHacker]

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