So, lately my Windows 7 started acting weird. I'm not able to delete or rename files that I have used recently. Let's say I run File.exe, close it and I want to delete/rename this file. Sometimes I'm trying to do that I get error about something that couldn't delete file because it's in use. It also happens with auto patchers in games, system denies to delete/modify items. Happens with compiler aswell, they're not able to over-write output file. I'm not going to post screenshot since it doesn't happen always and I don't really know how to reproduce this, but it's regular error box with message similar to "Couldn't delete file. File is in use/opened by some process." or something like that with 2 buttons "Retry" and "Cancel". Current solution for that is Log off/Reboot or use application called "UnLocker" (I found it via Google some time ago)
I'm trying to clean up an external drive by deleting various files (using Windows Explorer) but like every file gives me "an unexpected error is keeping you from deleting the file error 0x80070570".
Now for some reason I can delete the files using del in the command prompt.But I need to delete hundreds of specific files scattered around, so I need to figure out how to get around this error.I don't want to chkdsk etc on the external either. I just want to bypass the error.
I have about 5 MKV files that I can not delete or rename or move. I can copy them, but then the copies will not be deletable at wherever I paste them. I have tried running as an administrator and "taking ownership", but still can not delete them. They are all .MKV if that matters. I am on Win 7 home 64.
i have some movies or shows i have downloaded , and after watching them , i was unable to delete themi have tried running cmd.exe but it it didn't workit said the file can not be accessed when i try to delete it it says that the file is open on windows explorer tried reading other threads but couldn't really see
I have downloaded some music files and a couple of films, with BitComet. When i download the files they usualy go into my download folder, but some of them have ended up on my desktop. I have deleted them from BitComet, and tried to delete them from my desktop. For some reason it is saying that the files are open somewhere else, so it cant delete them. I cant seem to find out where they are, so i cant delete them
I have ran a virus scan with Avast but it is unable to scan files that contains these wierd characters. When I try to delete these files I receive the error "File name you specified not valid or too long"
My OS is W7 and I have attempted to delete these files in the following ways:
i just wanted to backup my computer onto my external hd and suddenly the message appeared: not enough space. i had a look around and found those really strange files, that use all the not use space thats available on my hd. some of those names include symbols that i dont even have on my keyboard.
i have files and folders in my external hard drive- transcend 320 GB. but now it is almost full with the documents. i want to delete some folders and file but it is not possible to delete. How to delete my documents in my transcend external hard drive?
I have 64 bit windows 7. I deleted dungeon siege 2 using the control panel, remove program. It was removed except for one file in Program files x86/microsoftgames/dungeonSiege2. I tried manually deleting it but get this "the action can't be completed because the folder or file in it is open in another program. Close folder or file or retry" There is nothing open. I clicked properties of the file and security and clicked administrator and get the same message. Never had this problem removing remnants of programs in xp.
I have been backing up my computers religiously. I will open another question post about what specifically is recommended for backups but for now, I need to find a way to get rid of this file on my 250GB Seagate FreeAgent drive. I suspect it got there from backing up my computer which is NTFS and onto the FreeAgent Drive, which I suspect is FAT32, and now, I can't delete it. I can't move it or rename it or anything. What ever I do, pops up this warning... (see screenshot)
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I hope somebody has encontered this and has an idea. I have started reducing the length of the shortcut names when I save them as a bookmark or favorite place. But I still need to get rid of this one and I would prefer to do it without having to reformat the drive.
i'm having problems deleting a folder. before it stated that i needed SYSTEM permission, so i changed the ownership to COMPUTERNAME/MYUSERNAME. And i'm still unable to delete the folder.
I have two folders on an external drive both of which are empty. When I try to delete them, it says they are no longer located on this drive...try again. How can I remove these empty folders?
I have an annoying problem with my player 12 in as much as I have deleted the public sample video file/folder from my system (the one with baloons) but have been left with the short cut in the videos playlist that cannot be deleted or played (obviously as it no longer exsists). I have ran cc cleaner and advanced system care with no luck on removing the redundant short cut!
i bought this computer yesterday, and when i press f1 this help program comes up. and that goes from f1-f12. how do i delete these shortcuts, cause there really interrupting my game.
I've got a directory that contains several empty folders that I'd like to delete. When I attempt to delete the folders I get the error 'Could not find this item. This is no longer located in.' I'd ignore this problem, but some software I've got throws up an error when it scans the directory, and finds these 'phantom' folders.
Recently I did a fresh install of Windows 7 Ultimate (not an upgrade). It's a hard drive that had already had Win 7 Ultimate on it, but I had run into some snafus, so I just re-installed fresh. As you probably already know, Windows 7 detects previous Windows installations and puts it into a folder called "Windows.old". After my new installation was done, this Windows.old folder was pretty big, around 25 gigabytes. From some searching I did, I found out about using Disk Cleanup, and you put a checkmark in the box for Previous Windows installations, and then let the program run its course.
There are certain folders in my hdd that I am unable to delete. When i click on delete I get the deleting window and it keeps showing deleting for hours together. I tried to delete it using dos commands but it was useless. Incidentally all these flders were in my torrent download location. I have a windows 7 enterprise x86 os. Do I need to post more information?
I had installed windows 8 RP on a separate partition. I wanted yo get rid of it so I removed its entry from boot menu but now I am unable to delete the folders left after it such as windows, windows.old and programfiles.
The error is that you need permission from trusted installer to delete file.
i am unable to delete a desktop folder. i cannot move the folder to another folder too. i tried google to find any answer but not yet find. i tried safe mode, unlocker (software) and system restore but none of them works for this problem.the folder was created by camtasia studio 7. when i produced a video file for Internet.when i tried to delete this folder i got the following message:could not find this itemthis no longer located in c:usersusernamedesktop. verify the item's location and try again[code]still i keep looking on internet to solve this problem. if any one you knows the solution of this problem i would be very nice of you,
I have a (legally owned) .m4v file residing on my NAS. It's currentliy mapped to W: and about 3 folders deep. My NAS is a WD MyBook Live. When I try to delete the file, I get an error that tells me another process is using it. All other files on the drive work just fine.
I have a .mkv video file which I cannot rename, move, or delete. Every time I do so this message shows: "The action cannot be completed because the file is open in windows explorer. Close the file and try again." If I try to delete the folder, a similar message pops up saying that a file is in use in another program.
been to a wedding over the weekend, before going I created a desktop file, wedding, with route to both hotel & venue, hotel reservations, etc., now I am back I want to delete the file but I am getting the message:"You need permission to perform this action.You require permission from 'pc name''my name' to make changes to this folder Wedding Date created 02/08/2012 7:57pm" as I am the only user of this pc I don't know what I have done to protect the file, no body else touches the pc, have right clicked to see if there is an option for open as administrator.how can I delete this file.
been to a wedding over the weekend, before going I created a desktop file, wedding, with route to both hotel & venue, hotel reservations, etc., now I am back I want to delete the file but I am getting the message:"You need permission to perform this actionYou require permission from 'pc name''my name' to make changes to this folderWeddingDate created 02/08/2012 7:57pm"as I am the only user of this pc I don't know what I have done to protect the file, no body else touches the pc, have right clicked to see if there is an option for open as administrator.
I recently upgrade my entire computer, with it i brought a 2TB WD HDD. I set everything up, installed Windows 7 and updated all my drivers/etc.
I then moved my old 3x 1TB drives over, in it, one partition had my old Windows 7, I am unable to format/delete windows folder/program files. One HDD had my old Vista partition, same story..i can't format/delete.
What i basically want to do is, take those 3 drives, format and re-set them into 1TB 1 Parition drives. Now i have 1.6TB space left on my 2TB drive, so i can put one entire drive over and format the old, repartition to 1...
How can i get about this? I don't understand why the boot system will have problems because when i installed Windows 7 it had no other drives to see..
Last night I decided to install a game, so I made a folder on my desktop. I finished installing it last night. Today I decided I dont need it any more so, I went to delete it. The file says that I need administrative privillages. Then says u require permission from Owner-HpOwner to make changes to folder. I am the admin though, just got my computer last night, it was pre-owned. Just displayed in the window of future shop, but still pre owned. I changed the account name from owner to corey...
I have a .MKV file on my computer that I'm unable to delete.
when click on "delete" it shows "Preparing to Recycle" from Discovering items Time remaining: Calculating Items remaining : Calculating speed: Calculating
Hold shift + delete Preparing to delete ... the rest are the same as above
1: everytime i rename the file , = Windows Explorer is not responding 2: click on the .MKV properties, nothing happened.... 3: try to replace with another file with a same name = doesn't work. 4: boot from safe mode, still won't let me delete it 5: it won't let me move the .MKV to other folders as well 6. Cannot take control of it. 7. tried renaming the .mkv extension to .txt no winrar no luck. 8. tried deleting the file containing it no luck.
