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Problem is that my .exe files are held up by something invisible and only edit seeming instantly working is renaming.
Firstly - i'm the only one using this laptop, i'm admin, running programs as admin and this still happens. Used all available Avast virus scans - found some malware, but didn't remove the problem.
When i try to shift-delete them it takes 10 to 60 seconds and a bunch of retries for it to actually disappear... OK - i could live with it... But true problem is when trying to replace with some newer version - windows explorer says "used by other program",
DevC++ says "Permission denied", Code::Blocks - "Permission denied", MS Visual C++ 2010 Express - "cannot open file"... This is extremely irritating when trying to program and debug...
Using ASUS K55VD laptop i5 version with Win7 Pro.
Tried stripping all non-essential or less trusted processes - didn't help.
Tried disabling a bunch of services - didn't help.
PLEASE HELP! ^^
Don't want to re-install windows - have too many programs on C disk that i don't really want to loose/re-install...

Wow that procmon creates huge logs fast...
Checked antivirus - even when fully disabled it doesn't help.
Now sifting trough procmon logs: A LOT of registry accesses by svchost.exe to HKCR\CLSID\{54D8502C-527D-43F7-A506-A9DA075E229C} areas like: InprocServer32\(Default); InprocServer32; InProcServer32
Edit: OK definitely didn't study enough yet... ^^ at least of what's up with these accesses. Could You give any pointers of what to look for?
Well this problem is not present in safe mode, but not a fan of going into safe mode everytime i need to program something.
Edit#2: now a bunch of this happens: Explorer.EXE CreateFile C:\users\edgetech\appdata\local\microsoft\office\groove\user\GFSConfig.xml PATH NOT FOUND (i deleted folder to see maybe it'd stop)
Edit #3: What happens when i try to manually overwrite:
22:44:08,7473442 Explorer.EXE 1656 CreateFile C:\ SUCCESS Desired Access: Read Data/List Directory, Read Attributes, Synchronize, Dis, Options: Synchronous IO Non-Alert, Attributes: n/a, ShareMode: Read, Write, Delete, AllocationSize: n/a, OpenResult: Opened
22:44:08,7473992 Explorer.EXE 1656 FileSystemControl C:\ INVALID DEVICE REQUEST Control: FSCTL_LMR_QUERY_DEBUG_INFO
22:44:08,7474185 Explorer.EXE 1656 QueryDirectory C:\Dev-Cpp SUCCESS Filter: Dev-Cpp, 1: Dev-Cpp
22:44:08,7474595 Explorer.EXE 1656 CloseFile C:\ SUCCESS
22:44:08,7475646 Explorer.EXE 1656 CreateFile C:\Dev-Cpp SUCCESS Desired Access: Read Data/List Directory, Read Attributes, Synchronize, Dis, Options: Synchronous IO Non-Alert, Attributes: n/a, ShareMode: Read, Write, Delete, AllocationSize: n/a, OpenResult: Opened
22:44:08,7476020 Explorer.EXE 1656 FileSystemControl C:\Dev-Cpp INVALID DEVICE REQUEST Control: FSCTL_LMR_QUERY_DEBUG_INFO
22:44:08,7476184 Explorer.EXE 1656 QueryDirectory C:\Dev-Cpp\edgetech SUCCESS Filter: edgetech, 1: edgetech
22:44:08,7476484 Explorer.EXE 1656 CloseFile C:\Dev-Cpp SUCCESS
22:44:08,7578214 Explorer.EXE 1656 CreateFile C:\Dev-Cpp\edgetech IS DIRECTORY Desired Access: Generic Read/Write, Dis, Options: No Buffering, Synchronous IO Non-Alert, Non-Directory File, Attributes: N, ShareMode: None, AllocationSize: n/a
22:44:08,7579011 Explorer.EXE 1656 CreateFile C:\Dev-Cpp\edgetech IS DIRECTORY Desired Access: Generic Read, Dis, Options: No Buffering, Synchronous IO Non-Alert, Non-Directory File, Attributes: N, ShareMode: Read, Write, Delete, AllocationSize: n/a
22:44:08,7579536 Explorer.EXE 1656 CreateFile C:\Dev-Cpp\edgetech IS DIRECTORY Desired Access: Read Attributes, Synchronize, Dis, Options: No Buffering, Synchronous IO Non-Alert, Non-Directory File, Attributes: N, ShareMode: Read, Write, Delete, AllocationSize: n/a
22:44:08,7610124 Explorer.EXE 1656 QueryStandardInformationFile C:\Users\edgetech\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\thumbcache_idx.db SUCCESS AllocationSize: 28.672, EndOfFile: 25.880, NumberOfLinks: 1, DeletePending: False, Directory: False
22:44:09,4927768 Explorer.EXE 1656 CreateFile C:\Dev-Cpp\edgetech\bugfixing.exe SHARING VIOLATION Desired Access: Generic Read/Write, Write DAC, Dis, Options: Sequential Access, Synchronous IO Non-Alert, Non-Directory File, Attributes: A, ShareMode: None, AllocationSize: 15.839
22:44:09,4932046 Explorer.EXE 1656 CreateFile C:\Dev-Cpp\edgetech\bugfixing.exe SHARING VIOLATION Desired Access: Generic Read/Write, Write DAC, Dis, Options: Sequential Access, Synchronous IO Non-Alert, Non-Directory File, Attributes: A, ShareMode: Read, Write, AllocationSize: 15.839
22:44:09,4934562 Explorer.EXE 1656 CreateFile C:\Dev-Cpp\edgetech SUCCESS Desired Access: Read Data/List Directory, Read Attributes, Synchronize, Dis, Options: Synchronous IO Non-Alert, Attributes: n/a, ShareMode: Read, Write, Delete, AllocationSize: n/a, OpenResult: Opened
22:44:09,4935453 Explorer.EXE 1656 FileSystemControl C:\Dev-Cpp\edgetech INVALID DEVICE REQUEST Control: FSCTL_LMR_QUERY_DEBUG_INFO
22:44:09,4935819 Explorer.EXE 1656 QueryDirectory C:\Dev-Cpp\edgetech\bugfixing.exe SUCCESS Filter: bugfixing.exe, 1: bugfixing.exe
22:44:09,4936603 Explorer.EXE 1656 CloseFile C:\Dev-Cpp\edgetech SUCCESS
Edit #4: Again tries SAME copy action but got different results (?):
22:52:00,9589512 DllHost.exe 1744 CreateFile C:\Dev-Cpp\edgetech\bugfixing.exe DELETE PENDING Desired Access: Generic Read/Write, Write DAC, Dis, Options: Sequential Access, Synchronous IO Non-Alert, Non-Directory File, Attributes: A, ShareMode: None, AllocationSize: 15.839
22:52:00,9593026 DllHost.exe 1744 CreateFile C:\Dev-Cpp\edgetech\bugfixing.exe DELETE PENDING Desired Access: Read Attributes, Dis, Options: Open Reparse Point, Attributes: n/a, ShareMode: Read, Write, Delete, AllocationSize: n/a
22:52:00,9594089 DllHost.exe 1744 CreateFile C:\Dev-Cpp\edgetech\bugfixing.exe DELETE PENDING Desired Access: Read Attributes, Dis, Options: Open Reparse Point, Attributes: n/a, ShareMode: Read, Write, Delete, AllocationSize: n/a
22:52:00,9595042 DllHost.exe 1744 CreateFile C:\Dev-Cpp\edgetech\bugfixing.exe DELETE PENDING Desired Access: Read Attributes, Dis, Options: Open Reparse Point, Attributes: n/a, ShareMode: Read, Write, Delete, AllocationSize: n/a
22:52:00,9610752 DllHost.exe 1744 CreateFile C:\ SUCCESS Desired Access: Read Data/List Directory, Read Attributes, Synchronize, Dis, Options: Synchronous IO Non-Alert, Attributes: n/a, ShareMode: Read, Write, Delete, AllocationSize: n/a, OpenResult: Opened
22:52:00,9611298 DllHost.exe 1744 FileSystemControl C:\ INVALID DEVICE REQUEST Control: FSCTL_LMR_QUERY_DEBUG_INFO
22:52:00,9611516 DllHost.exe 1744 QueryDirectory C:\Dev-Cpp SUCCESS Filter: Dev-Cpp, 1: Dev-Cpp
22:52:00,9611980 DllHost.exe 1744 CloseFile C:\ SUCCESS
22:52:00,9613063 DllHost.exe 1744 CreateFile C:\Dev-Cpp SUCCESS Desired Access: Read Data/List Directory, Read Attributes, Synchronize, Dis, Options: Synchronous IO Non-Alert, Attributes: n/a, ShareMode: Read, Write, Delete, AllocationSize: n/a, OpenResult: Opened
22:52:00,9613466 DllHost.exe 1744 FileSystemControl C:\Dev-Cpp INVALID DEVICE REQUEST Control: FSCTL_LMR_QUERY_DEBUG_INFO
22:52:00,9613654 DllHost.exe 1744 QueryDirectory C:\Dev-Cpp\edgetech SUCCESS Filter: edgetech, 1: edgetech
22:52:00,9613999 DllHost.exe 1744 CloseFile C:\Dev-Cpp SUCCESS
22:52:00,9644870 DllHost.exe 1744 CreateFile C:\Dev-Cpp\edgetech SUCCESS Desired Access: Read Attributes, Read Control, Dis, Options: Open Reparse Point, Attributes: n/a, ShareMode: Read, Write, Delete, AllocationSize: n/a, OpenResult: Opened
22:52:00,9645285 DllHost.exe 1744 QuerySecurityFile C:\Dev-Cpp\edgetech BUFFER OVERFLOW Information: Owner
22:52:00,9645503 DllHost.exe 1744 QuerySecurityFile C:\Dev-Cpp\edgetech SUCCESS Information: Owner
22:52:00,9645687 DllHost.exe 1744 CloseFile C:\Dev-Cpp\edgetech SUCCESS
22:52:00,9687248 DllHost.exe 1744 QueryStandardInformationFile C:\Users\edgetech\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\thumbcache_idx.db SUCCESS AllocationSize: 28.672, EndOfFile: 25.880, NumberOfLinks: 1, DeletePending: False, Directory: False
At this point i'm definitely thinking windows re-install would be easier/faster. Gonna take a break for today and check more tomorrow with a clear head...

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