I'm trying to clean up my computer to organize all my files and clean up some of this mess. I recently transfered some old "Favorites" via CDrom from my old computer to this computer. I created a temporary folder in "Favorites" to stick them in. Now that it's been emptied and all the links have been sorted, XP wont let me delete the folder. It keeps saying that it's a system folder and Window's needs it. (Although what for, I can't imagine, it seemed to do fine without it).
I've left clicked on it and gone into Properties and tried numerous times and unclicked "Read-only" with no luck. I have been able to change the name of the folder, but it still wont let me delete it. I've had a similar problem with my Start Menu that's yet to be fixed. A long time ago I tried "Safe Mode", but certain files still wouldn't delete.
I'm running window xp, and these folders are taking up a lot space on my hard disk, hence I would like to know is it ok to delete all these folders? I have attached the image with this post, please take a look. Also does it have any side effects after deleting them?
I have some registry folders that I NEED to permanantly delete Unfortunatly, every time I delete the folder and restart the computer, windows XP Pro puts it back. Is there a way to permanantly delete the backups (either the backups that windows makes or the folder in the registry itself) so that windows doesnt restore the deleted folder?
Using explorer to search through the temp internet folders, I find there are a few files that are not being deleted. About 30 of them are named "size=1x1&name=ATAtracker..etc.etc..gif" at 1KB in size. In another folder also under the Temporary Internet Files | Content.IE5, is a file "makeplaylist.dll%3F....etc.etc..asx". In another folder 2 files from a Playstation 2 website both filenames starting with "Network=ugo&size=....etc.etc..html". There are more folders yet, but this serves as enough. The right click on the filename does not render the delete option. Depressing the keyboard delete button does not cause the file to delete nor even bring up the confirmation window for deleting. Trying to delete the folder(s) themselves, even in Safe Mode brings up a message saying "Cannot delete Size_1~1.gif. Cannot find the specified file. Make sure you specify the correct path and filename." In folder attributes, there is the read only option to check or uncheck.
Have an issue that I couldn't find a solution in Google or on these forums, so I am going to post.When deleting a file/folder from an WinXP desktop, typically it would go to the Recycle Bin, incase I need it for later. In this case, it isn't.its just deleting. Not ending up in the Recycle Bin, and no chance to recover. Is there anyway to change so that they end up in the Recycle Bin first, before being deleted?
my computer attack viruses last weeks.so i got system alert message. since i deleted that viruses.But system alert message didn't go.Please tell any for how delete or cancel that system alert message.
gets the following error message when she tries to open Outlook Express: Error Deleting File or Folder Cannot delete ntuser.dat: It is being used by another person or program Close any programs that might be using the file and try again.
My disk C has only 3 GB space left but my disk D has 48GB left. How do I make D into C and vice versa? I tried moving my Garmin GPS software to disk D but it did not work. I retiurned it ti disk C and it did not work (path not found). So I tried deleting them all and reinstall the software to disk D. Now it appeared on both C and D. I tried defragmenting disk C to free up some space. After defragmenting,now it said C:Garminlahlah cannot be defragmented because 350MB of blah blah is too fragmented. But the software WORKS! Should I delete whatever Garmin that's in C? I don't know if they are related.No matter. Is disk C a system disk and D a data disk? Can they be switched?
deleting stubborn system files I want to delete a folder of junk that has manifesed itself on one of myxternal drives. I appeared after a crash (I expect) and is contains *.dll and *.inf files. they may have been enerated resulting from a BestCryp crash I get a warning telling me I don't have permissions to delete. How can I bypass this and take charge of my own computer
I recently reinstalled XP on my primary hard drive. My computer had exhibited signs of a virus. I have had crashes while running games, freeze ups randomly, and poor performance in general. I have a Dell 4550 with a 2.56 Ghz Intel processor, a 30 Gig hard drive, an 80 gig hard drive, and 512 ram memory. I have Windows XP installed on the 30 gig H D. I use Zone Alarm for protection. I use Ad Aware also. I now get a notepad document named 5-notepad. It seems to be a bunch of random letters and symbols.
The System Volume Information Folders contain your System Restore points. You can delete the oldest ones manually if you like. These folders are hidden system folders on each drive. In order to gain access, follow the directions below depending on your version of XP and File System:Windows XP Professional or Windows XP Home Edition Using the FAT32 File System Click Start , and then click My Computer On the Tools menu, click Folder Options On the View tab, click Show hidden files and foldersClear the Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) check box Click Yes when you are prompted to confirm the change Click OKÂ
I would like to delete a folder without deleting its contents. Copy, Paste and then deleting the folder with its' contents etc can work. But is there any way of getting it as a windows context menu? ie right-clicking and selecting delete folder but not contents.
When using system restore to back up your data, you might want to make sure that you are not wasting backup space by saving useless folders that may include temp file or other non-necessary files. To exclude folders, follow the directions below.
1) Open Regedit and navigate to HKEY_Local_MachineSystemCurrentControlSetControlBackupRestoreFilesNotTobackup2) Choose Edit, new, multi-string value3) Give a descriptive name4) Double-click the value and input the full folder path you wish to exclude and click OKSystem restore will no longer monitor this folder and backups will not be made of the files contained in it.
I have a Compaq V3402au notebook. 2GB of RAM. AMD Turion 64 x 2 Processors.It initially came with Vista Home Basic. Due to high demands of Vista I installed XP and removed vista. Somehow the Windows folder of Vista has not gone. And all the efforts of deleting that folder is in vain.I tried Unlocker, DOS mode but none of them work.
The System Volume Information Folders contain your System Restore points. You can delete all or just the oldest ones manually if you like (but they must be sequential). These folders are hidden system folders on each drive. In order to gain access, follow the directions below depending on your version of XP and File System:Windows XP Professional or Windows XP Home Edition Using the FAT32 File System Click Start , and then click My Computer On the Tools menu, click Folder Options On the View tab, click Show hidden files and foldersClear the Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) check box Click Yes when you are prompted to confirm the change Click OK Double-click the System Volume Information folder in the root folder to open it Windows XP Professional Using the NTFS File System on a Domain Click Start , and then click My Computer On the Tools menu, click Folder Options. On the View tab, click Show hidden filesand folders Clear the Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) check boxClick Yes when you are prompted to confirm the change Click OK Right-click the System Volume Information folder in the root folder, and then click Sharing and Security Click the Security tab Click Add , and then type the name of the user to whom you want to give access to the folder. Choose the account location if appropriate (either local or from the domain). Typically, this is the account with which you are logged on. Click OK , and then click OK Double-click the System Volume Information folder in the root folder to open it Windows XP Professional using the NTFS File System on a Workgroup Click Start, and then click My Computer On the Tools menu, click Folder Options On the View tab, click Show hidden files and folders Clear the Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) check box.
Click Yes when you are prompted to confirm the change Clear the Use simple file sharing (Recommended) check box Click OK Right-click the System Volume Information folder in the root folder, and then click Sharing and Security Click the Security tab Click Add , and then type the name of the user to whom you want to give access to the folder. Typically, this is the account with which you are logged on. Click OK , and then click OK Double-click the System Volume Information folder in the root folder to open it Windows XP Home Edition Using the NTFS File System In Windows XP Home Edition with the NTFS file system, you must use the Cacls tool, which is a command-line tool to display or modify file or folder access control lists (ACLs) Click Start , click Run , type cmd , and then click OK Make sure that you are in the root folder of the partition for which you want to gain access to the System Volume Information folder. For example, to gain access the the C:System Volume Information folder, make sure that you are in the root folder of drive C (at a "C:" prompt). To get to the root of any partition, make sure you are in that partition and then type "cd" (without the quotation marks).Type the following line, and then press ENTER: cacls " driveletter :System Volume Information" /E /G username :F Make sure to type the quotation marks as indicated. Also, if your user name contains a space you'll need to put your username in quotes. This command adds the specified user to the folder with Full Control permissionsDouble-click the System Volume Information folder in the root folder to open it If you need to remove the permissions after troubleshooting, type the following line at a command prompt: cacls " driveletter :System Volume Information" /E /R username This command removes all permissions for the specified user.
I did more than one system restore and each time the process created a new user folder. I first thought all my settings were lost but since discovered I had several new user folders and the computer was no longer using my original folder when I logged in.
I have windows xp. When I click on start, all prgrams - the list of programs shows up but alot of those folders are empy. Games, System tools, Microsoft Money, Microsoft Office Tools and many others are all empty. I apologize if this is a stupid question.I'm afraid I've done something by mistake to mess these folders up. Any help would be appreciated.
Notice considerable lag when doing the following simple tasks: use the dialog boxes to browse folders (save as, etc) is slow ,double clicking my computer or any folders is slow, right click and create new folders is slow, clicking START button and going to programs is slow
My old m/b got fried, so i changed to another m/b and used the same hd for it, and i reinstalled windows XP after deleting the previous, but now when i'm trying to access a folder or file, i get this error "Document may be write protected or encrypted", i really need to open this file, how can i overcome this error?
The root folders of my external drives and My Documents are showing Picture Tasks instead of the Common Files and Folders Tasks. They also show the watermark for images for the background image (when I have this feature on). How can I fix this? There is no Customize tab under Properties for these folders. The root folder for the system drive is fine. I have Windows XP Home SP2.
when i opened up my favourites folder in explorer some of my folders have disappeared my daughter has been on the computer but swears she has not even opened favourites,can anyone tell me why this has happened and if it is possible to retrieve my folders.I have tried system restore but it did not help
I appear to have folders and subfolders in my Favourites list which i cannot get rid of, ive tried right hand clicking but no options are available, ive also tried organise favourites Also, i have an unwanted toolbar that pops up at the bottom of my screen with things like Travel, Casino etc which i think the Favourites may be linked in some way i have no idea how to find the source on my computer to delete it. i regularly delete my cookies.
but i got a music folder with close to 100 seperate artist folders inside....all of which contain mp3's from various artists. (About 1200 mp3 files all inside these 100 folders...all inside 1 folder if that makes any sense)I'm thinking about moving all those mp3's outside there folders so that i have just one continuous stream of mp3's. Basically i want just my mp3's inside the main folder without their individual artist folder.
When I run defrag on my C drive, the program tells me that there are certain files that cannot be defragmented. When I go to delete these files, I am not able to find them on my hard drive. It tells me that the files are in C:\WINDOWSTemp but when I look in that folder no such files exist. When I check the properties of the folder, it tells me there are 4 GB in it but it only shows 4 MB worth of files. How can I delete these files when I can't find them
i have win xp. when i try to delete files they go to the recycle bin but a copy is made of the file everytime i delete. i get copy 2 , then copy 3 right on up to as many times as i delete it. i'm not getting anywhere
while I was working on my computer, my operating system crashed but well, I have backed my system up, and I knew I can restore it in 5 minutes. but the problem was that I had some important files on drive C: (my system drive) which I will have to delete then restore I know I can repair my system but I knew it won't be satisfying for me
I have been trying to delete an old Windows file on one of my hard disks, but i never could because of the "access denied" error message. No matter what i did, they couldn't be deleted. So finally, i stumpled across a site that explained that the files need to have the right "ownership" to delete. So, i follow the instructions and set me as the owner, but it will only do that to one folder. I then have to go one by one and set the properties for each sub-folder seperatley, and there's hundreds of them. Is there any way to delete all of the files without regard to what user owns them? Or how can i make ALL files AND subfolders be set at once
