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LockHunter Comments

Comment by Stonkie
about LockHunter · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful 3 Helpful Report as spam

And, contrarily to Unlocker, this one has no toolbar and crapware bundled with it. Great find!

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Comment by Pr1me
about LockHunter · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful 2 Helpful Report as spam

Where I've always used Unlocker I found this as an alternative on Windows 7, which Unlocker doesn't support.

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Can't start it sometimes...

Comment by realnabarl
about LockHunter · Aug 2015 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

It is weird it just start the instance but not the program, and now it back to normal again.
Anyone else having this problem too?

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ERROR FILE NAMES

Comment by Katrina74
about LockHunter · Jan 2015 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

Long Path Tool is also very useful in this situation, you can also try as an alternative for easy fix.

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