Deleteing a folder

[Debbie]

How can I delete a folder on WinXP. I keeps telling me that it is being used !

Debbie

[ayoub_ibrahim]

is it one with an avi file?

[Debbie]

No, (I have a solution for that) . It's just an ordinary folder.
I have merged partitions using Partition Magic 8.

During the process I have been asked to create a folder for the shifted files. Now that folder cannot be delated.

[Helevitia]

Be sure and close any app you have open and then close all background programs. Something is preventing you from closing it. also, try rebooting.

[Fred H]

I've had a similar problem before. It went okay if the partition was Fat32. Boot from a DOS (Win98) start disket and delete the files in the map first and than the map itself.
In yuo have NTFS you can't do that. Instead:
1.-Make a Ghost of the entire partition containing the map to another HD.
2,-Open the ghost file after restarting your WinXP,
3,-Delete the map in the opened Ghost backup, the map is not used there.
4,-Re-Ghost the cleaned .GHO file
5,-Voila.

Just an idea which worked for me.

Edited:
I also have a map, probably created by PartitionMagic 8 on one of my HDs. The name of the map is: RECYCLER (Not the ordinary Recycled) Ther is at the present a subdirectory: S-1-5-21-...something.
I can't delet this one but I cleaned the files there.
The RECYCLER in the NTFS is the similar as the Recycled in FAT32.
It can't be deleted or if you do it than WinXP silently recreates it.

Tell us if it works for you or not.
Good luck.

Fred

[ayoub_ibrahim]

In the past I have found Dr Delete to be helpful with this sort of problem.

http://www.docsdownloads.com/Tier1/dr-delete.htm

[Debbie]

Thanks for the tips, guys

[Byock]

Bah, in XP, open a command prompt, go to the location..ie c:\ then open task Manager, end task on explorer. then in dos del the folder, in task manager select New Task, and type Explorer.exe

Problem Solved.

[The PIT]

Renaming the folder and rebooting often works as well if you can't find the task thats running the programme.