Cannot delete files...
Ok, so I went to delete some files, but I couldn't since it told me they were locked by another app. So i reboot in safe mode (running XP Pro) and go to delete them. Same error. They're not "read only". WTF?
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Try running check disk. It's fixed similar problems for me.Lady, people aren't chocolates. Do you know what they are mostly? Bastards. Bastard coated bastards with bastard filling. But I don't find them half as annoying as I find naive, bubble-headed optimists who walk around vomiting sunshine. -- Dr. Perry Cox -
Yeah, I've had Office cause that to happen.Gigabyte P35-DS3L with a Q6600, 2GB Kingston HyperX (after *3* bad pairs of Crucial Ballistix 1066), Galaxy 8800GT 512MB, SB X-Fi, some drives, and a Dell 2005fpw. Running WinXP.Comment
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Are they movie files? I managed to delete them, just forgot how I did it... from the console, maybe?
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There's no place like 127.0.0.1Comment
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Yup, they sure are movie files...I'll give that a go when I get home.Originally posted by Lucid
In case of movie files (AVIs), see this:
http://forums.murc.ws/showthread.php?s=&threadid=40503
Wombat: I don't run MS Office, I use Openoffice.
agallag: Ran chkdsk a few times
I didn't try booting in DOS and trying to delete, but that was gonna be my fallback. Hopefully now I won't have to.Comment
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great how to link, thanx...
~Sethos"...and in the next instant he was one of the deadest men that ever lived." – Mark TwainComment
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Easiest solution is to use Directory Opus or Powerdesk as your File Manager. Both of them will delete the files even though the Windows File Manager says otherwise.Comment
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Cool, didn't know they had D. Opus for Windows, I loved the old version I had on my Amiga eons ago more than the one that came with Amiga Forever.Comment
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IMHO, Directory Opus 6.2.5 is the most advanced file manager out there for Windows. (Read: Useful
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Linkage/info/screenshot on Opus?Comment
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Lady, people aren't chocolates. Do you know what they are mostly? Bastards. Bastard coated bastards with bastard filling. But I don't find them half as annoying as I find naive, bubble-headed optimists who walk around vomiting sunshine. -- Dr. Perry CoxComment
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I'm using Directory Opus
It's great!If there's artificial intelligence, there's bound to be some artificial stupidity.
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