I downloaded LockHunter on the recommendation of someone else on this forum and I’m quite happy with it. LockHunter has allowed me to delete unneeded files of various types that some program failed to unlock. My problem with it is really a Win10 problem: Every time I try to execute LockHunter, Win10 warns me that it might not be safe. I appreciated this warning the first few times I saw it but it has become more of a nuisance. Is there any way I can flag LockHunter as a program that, in my opinion, is safe to run on my system?
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How do I convince Win10 that a program (LockHunter) is safe?
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AskWoody LoungerMarch 14, 2017 at 5:24 pm #508399Viewing 5 reply threadsAuthorReplies-
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AskWoody LoungerMarch 15, 2017 at 11:01 am #1593500Tried to answer your question by Snipping the message window but Snipping isn’t available at that point. So, just guessing that by “UAC” you mean User Access Control, the answers to your two questions would be “Yes” and “Probably not”. At least, “User Access Control” appears at the very top, left corner of the message window I’m trying to suppress.
(BTW, don’t take my “just guessing” as a snide remark. It wasn’t meant that way at all. If anything that’s an admission that I’m not as completely in tune with Windows’ mnemonics as I might be.)
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AskWoody_MVPMarch 15, 2017 at 11:47 am #1593503I downloaded and installed LockHunter to test. I only got the normal UAC prompt (with Windows Defender and SmartScreen Filter enabled).
This is UAC doing its important job; so I would strongly recommend getting used to a click on Yes, especially for a program like this that you’ll probably use once in a blue moon.
(The UAC prompt doesn’t say it’s not safe, it asks if you want this app to make changes to your device; i.e. did you really ask for this.)
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AskWoody LoungerMarch 18, 2017 at 8:25 pm #1593741@BruceR:
You’re right, I do only use LockHunter “once in a blue moon”.That blue moon came around more frequently than usual as I recently restored 2,000+ music files from CDs to an external hard drive. (They had been lost when I had to replace a laptop amidst the upgrade to Win10.) The process of ripping the CDs with MediaPlayer brought an .ini file with every one and a Thumbs.db with many. LockHunter helped me get rid of these worthless files. I know they don’t cause any problem but they do nothing for me in my situation and I hate having worthless files lying around so they’re gone.
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AskWoody_MVPMarch 19, 2017 at 10:17 am #1593778You can try setting the program to run as administrator all the time. Right click the .exe, select Properties, click on the compatibility tab, click change this setting for all users button, click on run this program as administrator, OK your way out.
You still get a UAC prompt if you do that. (But that’s a good thing.)
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