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Dinarius View Public Profile Find More Posts by Dinarius 25-05-2011, 18:30 #12 Capt'n Midnight 00:00 Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 53,998 Adverts | Friends Mod: Biology, Lifehacking, Popular Dinarius View Public Profile Find More Posts by Dinarius 29-01-2011, 14:58 #5 Fysh Moderator Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: ::1 Posts: 8,684 Adverts | Friends Mod: Comics, Living Abroad, Password Advanced Search Show Threads Show Posts Advanced Search Go to Page... If the folder is big, that’s because shadow copies exist on the drive. –Daniel B Jun 16 at 17:07 add a comment| 5 Answers 5 active oldest votes up vote 1 weblink

It works also for files with some weird invisible characters (these files came from my Mac at work). Thanks Again Lindsay!! and Scan for and attempt recovery........ these files where found in the nprotect folder.Mac files???

Cheers!! Elevated Sky December 10. 2008 11:19 I actually tried this and it didn't work. Dinarius View Public Profile Find More Posts by Dinarius 24-05-2011, 20:35 #8 Fysh Moderator Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: ::1 Posts: 8,684 Adverts | Friends Mod: Comics, Living Abroad, I've just run Error Checking on the internal drive. (but without either Automatically Fix.....

Then, write something in it few words and click on SAVE. Neal February 26. 2009 08:17 Thanks a lot....was finally able to get rid of a troublesome file that's been makin' me nuts for the longest=) msknyc February 28. 2009 21:50 worked Glad I found this via Google. I receive a ‘Cannot write to the destination file.

I've had two files stuck in a folder for months that I hadn't been able to get rid of. Notices Welcome to Boards.ie Unregistered; here are some tips and tricks to help you get started.

Boards.ie is a discussion board with a wide range of forums, including - My System Specs Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number An ol' eMachines OS Windows 7 Home Premium Internet Speed Fine for me...I'm retired! dir /x/a to get the 8 character name of the offending folder3.

The best solution for you is to try to use 'eraser' or some other program for deleting files. Jon Swerens August 2. 2009 02:25 thanks a lot.. before the file or folder path. Any suggestions?

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  2. I know that the external Hard drive has a 1 TB capacity.
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  4. It, and another drive, were installed within the last year.
  5. Do not use the keyboard to Copy > Paste) Code: attrib -h -s -r -a /s /d F:\*.* Press: Enter (on the keyboard) Check drive F:\ Post back.
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Since I had the file in the c:\temp directory I just went to the command prompt and did a del *.*Problem solved.!Thanks. Most of the files are transferred across, but a few aren't. You're a lifesaver... in dos, navigate to the directory of the offending folder2.

Navigate to C:/WINDOWS, then just put d:, so it looks like C:\WINDOWS>d: Keksich July 1. 2009 09:02 My folder I want to delete doesn't have 8-bit name. have a peek at these guys meirav February 16. 2009 21:39 Actually, it did not work for me at the end so don't try it. I used, Chkdsk, Moveonboot and unlocker but they did not help me. Windows 7 Help Forums Windows 7 help and support System Security » User Name Remember Me?

del /a shortnameNo other options on the del command. Can you please help me with this. i had an ugly file for years and the only option seemed like formatting the disk..thanks a for a making my day... check over here Now I tried and it worked.Thanks million times.

D. There's no trouble with it. Pearl May 12. 2009 12:32 Thanks a MILLION. 'Unlocker Assistant' worked.

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The file name I was trying to delete was "Fwd_ FW_ Transplant....." On the first ten tries, I did not realize there were *spaces* in the file name! The link for this file is: http://dailyfreeware.net/2006/09/15/unlocker-183/Go to the file right click with the mouse and select unlocker it will ask what do you want to do with this file, then Thanks in advancevasssos vasssos September 20. 2008 07:38 Jason, and all others who may be running XP with SP3, I found a possible solution as well.From the command prompt, navigate via i've been trying to delete a file for two weeks but now it's gone.

Leave a Reply Cancel reply Search for: Categories Exercise Motoring Photography Site notices Technology Uncategorised Waffle and randomness Archives Archives Select Month November 2016 (4) October 2016 (6) September 2016 (11) Haha.Thank you SO much. Many thanks cottonball for the prompt help and support, · Correct, the F is my external hard drive · I followed the instruction that you have already supplied but sounds not this content shashi August 3. 2009 08:06 Thanks a ton for posting this article.

noel September 11. 2009 18:17 THANK YOU SO MUCH! D. Open he Security tab. Thanx once again to all of you and your input DILLI January 26. 2009 13:34 Thank you so much for sharing this solution, Duncan.

Thank you so much! Your trick seemed to work, but then my recycle bin showed it had something in it. What does the RogueKillerX64.exe do? 2. Dave April 18. 2009 09:49 I was pulling my hair out having tried just about all the standard stuff to remove an annoying directory.

June 3. 2009 16:46 Worked beautifully. And wait for Windows to complete it's second scan of the drive. Click Change Options 3.

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