I still haven't managed to block the hacking attacks that the provider is making, it's installed quite well and is happily learning about being a hacker and incompetent, filling in files and blocking them... you'd better watch TV - if it doesn't burn it through coaxial, everything works here...
Here are the steps to delete a file and a folder that is blocking my Active Presenter software from making movies...
Run Process Explorer as Administrator so it can access all open handles, then press Ctrl + F to open the Find Handle or DLL search window, and search for the folder or file name by typing something like Untitled1_tempdir, video_20260104_21-02-22.mp4
See this tool
The folder is locked by an NTFS kernel‑level lock. There is no doubt anymore. It’s not a process. It’s not an attribute. It’s not an ACL. It’s not the antivirus. It’s not Explorer. It’s not Windows Search. It’s not ffmpeg. It’s not ActivePresenter. It’s a kernel handle that keeps the folder “alive” even though it’s empty. This happens EXACTLY when a program (ActivePresenter) crashes while writing to the folder. Windows is left with an internal lock on that directory, and any delete command is rejected. And now comes the important part: 🔥 There is NO command in CMD or PowerShell that can break a kernel lock. None. Zero. No matter how much you try, the result will always be the same: “Access is denied.”
- PowerShell – delete file
Remove-Item ".\video_20260104_21-02-22.mp4" -Force - PowerShell – delete folder
Remove-Item Untitled1_tempdir -Recurse -ForceRemove-Item "C:\Users\catafest\Documents\ActivePresenter\.ActivePresenterCachedProjects\Untitled1_tempdir" -Recurse -Force - PowerShell – take ownership
takeown /F ".\video_20260104_21-02-22.mp4"takeown /F . /R /D Y - PowerShell – ACL operations
icacls . /grant "$env:USERNAME:F" /T /Cicacls . - PowerShell – search for locking processes
Get-Process | Where-Object { $_.Modules.FileName -like "video_20260104_21-02-22.mp4" } 2>$null - PowerShell – stop services
Stop-Service WSearch -Force - CMD – delete folder contents
del Untitled1_tempdir - CMD – delete folder (NTFS raw path)
rd /s /q \\?\C:\Users\catafest\Documents\ActivePresenter\.ActivePresenterCachedProjects\Untitled1_tempdirrd /s /q "C:\Users\catafest\Documents\ActivePresenter\.ActivePresenterCachedProjects\Untitled1_tempdir" - CMD – move folder
move \\?\C:\Users\catafest\Documents\ActivePresenter\.ActivePresenterCachedProjects\Untitled1_tempdir C:\Temp - CMD – recreate folder
mkdir Untitled1_tempdir - Registry – pending delete (failed)
reg add "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager" /v PendingFileRenameOperations /t REG_MULTI_SZ /d "\??\C:\Users\catafest\Documents\ActivePresenter\.ActivePresenterCachedProjects\Untitled1_tempdir" /f