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I have seen a lot of issues regarding this. For some reason, mine is different. When i I look in the Security properties, and i have full permission. However, when i click the exe, i get this error:

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After that, the exe just deletes itself out of the folder, and i have to re-download it.? I have tried rebooting, disabling my antivirus. And nothing seems to help. I have no idea why? I am Administrator on my computer too.

Here is what i have done:

  • Uninstalled Norton Antivirus
  • Rebooted Computer
  • Removed all Anti Virus Software
  • I had all permissions for the file
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  • Have you tried using a vile such as unlocker to see if any process is using it?
    – Jon
    Oct 16, 2013 at 1:43
  • No, but let me try
    – Hunter Mitchell
    Oct 16, 2013 at 1:44
  • @chipperyman573 no luck :/
    – Hunter Mitchell
    Oct 16, 2013 at 1:50

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Are you sure you've entirely disabled your antivirus? I had the same problem with a particular file, where the AV was wiping it out as soon as I clicked on it. Make sure you don't have multiple AVs running too - for example, Avast and MS Security Essentials. You might be disabling one but forgetting the other. :)

That said, in your antivirus software (whatever it is,) add an exception for the filename or directory before you even navigate to the file. That should keep it from getting blown away from the on-access scan.

Needless to say, be careful when whitelisting a file from your AV - it's usually removing access for a reason. Make sure you're 100% sure the file is legit... or willing to fix your computer afterwards.

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  • Let me check...i even uninstalled Norton Antivirus, which worked for about 10 mins, then i got the error again.
    – Hunter Mitchell
    Oct 16, 2013 at 1:35
  • Unfortunately, I've got nothing on this if it isn't something AV-like that's killing the file. Even on server OSes with untrusted files (when I pull CPU-Z over the network to check system specs, for example,) Windows just blocks the file by default - not deletes it.
    – Epsilon
    Oct 16, 2013 at 2:03

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