Files Won't Delete - MOB Delete File
Sep 12, 2006
I am attempting to clean out my temp files on my Windows XP Home. The files and folders that I am addressing are: C:WINDOWSTEMP*.* *.OLD *.CHK *.BAK ~*.* _*.* and MSCREATE.DIRI have managed to clean all but one, which is _*.* When I run the search, I get the result of 144 files. I click on edit, select all, then file, delete. I receive the following error "cannot delete file: Cannot read the source file or disk" (please view screen shot). When I right click, I have no delete option, just "open containing folder, copy, and extract. (please view screen shot). I have run AdAware, Spybot, Ewido, and Avg Free. I also have CCleaner, Easy Clean which I have run. I have also used "Move On Boot" by putting the file path in the MOB window and try to have MOB delete the file. MOB says the file will be removed on the next boot.
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Sep 4, 2005
I have copied some files from my Mac to my PC. I get a file that starts with "._". I also get the file I copied. When I try to delete the file that starts with ._, I get a message saying cannot delete file, can't read source disk
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Feb 18, 2006
I'm trying to delete programs I dont use anymore, and hava a couple which are not showing up in add-remove programs, so I do a search for those programs and find them. The problem I'm having is when I click on the file (s) and then click on delete I get the following error message: cannot delete file: cannot read from the source file or disk.
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Apr 21, 2005
Is the following file to be deleted 16 - DPF: {72C23FEC-3AF9-48FC-9597-241A8EBDFE0A} (InstallShield International Setup Player) - http://ftp.hp.com/pub/automatic/player/isetupML.cab
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Oct 19, 2007
When I start up whether in SAFE Mode or Normal I automatically get the Confirm Delete Message. This applies to programs, icons, photos, documents , folders etc - I cannot get to any of my work to back it up. I have tried Stinger -F-Force and W32.Blackmal@mm Removal Tools. Ran a full AVG scan with uptodate anti virus and Adaware Spyware. Sorry forgot to mention other things tried. The Pop up message does not appear in the Task Manger either as applications or processes. Each time you respongd NO to negate the delete it pops up again. There is no way I can get to any of my folders or files to burn to a CD as backup without the Confirm Delete message.
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Mar 20, 2007
I read the advice to start in safe mode to delete files that gave the errror message cannot delet file - source file not found. They wouldn't delete in Safe Mode either. I am trying to delete mp3 from my c drive because I have an external disk where I have my music library. I can delete them one at a time without getting the error message but not a bunch of them. Some of them I have been able to delete in a bunch.
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Mar 17, 2007
I have a very large, corrupt disc image on my hard drive that I want to delete, but every time I try to delete it Windows displays the message "Cannot delete 'filename': it is being used by another person or program. Close any programs that might be using the file and try again." The disc image is not mounted with any program, and hasn't been for some time. I tried aborting random processes that I thought might have something to do with the file, as well as restarting. No matter what I do, there seems to be something using the file. Are there any tricks to getting around this so I can delete it? Can I check, somehow, to see what program is using it?
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Jun 12, 2005
I Have 16 Windows XP Hotfix numbers in my add/delete screen. Cannot find out what they are for and want to delete them if they are not necessary.
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Sep 1, 2010
I have files in my recycle bin. My recycle bin shows nothing when I open the folder but there is 6 items in the folder. I have tried to delete them through C: ecycler but when I try that I get an error on the bottom of my screen that says The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable.
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Apr 16, 2005
I have a user with a home driectory that has created a folder with mutliple folders within it. I am not sure how far the direcroty goes, but I have counted to at least 26 directories deep. I cannot delete the parent folder in either explorer, or from the prompt. At the prompt I have tried RD foldername and it says, "Folder not empty". Tried del foldername*.* with no error and still cannot delete it.
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Mar 20, 2010
I am running windows xp sp3. I tried to uninstall Frost Wire, via add or remove programs. I noticed that after it supposedly uninstalled from the a or r file the shortcut was still listed on my desktop. So I searched for F W and found a few references that popped up after my search. When I right clicked on them and tried to delete, that is when I received the above error message
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Mar 17, 2007
after a search, when I click on a file and try to delete it, do I often get a msg. saying: Cannot delete file:Cannot read from the source file or disk If it found it for the search, why can't if read it from the source file or disk
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Jul 29, 2007
Ive got a file on my desktop I cant Move, or Delete. Ive tried using Other Software, doesnt work,Says filename is Invalid. I cant rename the file,the context menu for the file is different than any other file, removing the Rename, Delete, and everything Useful... I cant open the File, btw was supposed to be a picture... Ive tried that technique you can use to rename a file, by clicking once on it selecting it, then clicking on the filename again, but beeps as if it was invalid. I have also tried safe mode, which also failed...
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Jul 18, 2005
I cant deleted this file on my desktop. It is an empty file(0 bytes), I tried renaming it and tried deleting it in safe mode. still I get " Cannot delete file: Cannot read from the source file or disk." I did a search for the file and nothing shows! not even the actual file that is on my desktop. So used "registry cleaner" to see if it will delete it...nope. I tried safe mode again and the same problem. I ran AVG, Norton, Escan, Hijack, all came clean. nothing wrong.
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Dec 7, 2008
for win xp the remainder of the message is: it is being used by another person or program. close any programs that might be using the file and try again. i'm sure that no other program or person is using the file. is there someway to find who the mysterious program or person is? or is it just some parameter set to yes or on or 1 or true, etc?. is there any way to clear the 'in use' status so the file or folder can actually be cleared?,
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Jan 20, 2008
i know i can reboot and i will surely be able to delete the file but im looking for an alternative. is there a program that can tell me the related programs/dll whatever that is currently using the file? i get this problem quit often and im tire of having to reboot just to delete that single file/folder without knowing
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Sep 5, 2007
I have an XP Home computer with an empty folder that it refuses to allow me to delete.
Here is what I have tried so far:
Running RootKit Revealer
Running AVG Anti-RootKit software
Running Sony RootKit Remover from Sony
Run Spyware Doctor
Booted in SAFE MODE
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May 15, 2007
I've got a video file that just won't go away.In other words, when you right click a file there is usually an option called delete.On this particular file I get a shorter menu of options and non of them are Delete.I also tried to move it to a New Folder figuring I could put it into that and then delete the folder, and it won't go into the folder.
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Oct 30, 2006
Several actually. Unimportant background info: I'm reinstalling Steam onto my F: drive since my C: drive is running out of space for it.I made the backup (all but the few files I'm having trouble deleting) & uninstalled Steam already.Important background info:So now I have just a few pesky files hanging around in my C:Program FilesSteamSteamApps(email)(multiple sources from here) folder. All of them have the same CRC thing going on. "Cannot delete (Filename): Data error (cyclic redundancy check)"So thinking I might be able to get around it by deleting the files from the command prompt I go start up the little psuedo-DOS window. I don't think it would have a problem deleting the directory or files could I find them, but there's a problem.
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Mar 30, 2008
i downloaded a bf2142 patch from a offical site and extracted it as usual, it came out as a folder named Battlefield 2142 Update 485 to 941A.app so i downloaded the patch from another site and installed it as usual, worked perfectly, but i cannot delete the left over folder from the first download. here is a screenshot of the error. Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (i have a vista theme, hence the look of vista in the screenshot)i scanned it before extracting and after extracting and it is clean. i dont know what could be the problem
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Jun 26, 2005
I've got a gaim.exe that won't delete. but I didn't recognize it in the program files list. How else can I get rid of this file?
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Jun 11, 2005
So I tried to download a demo for the a new game.And it downloaded abnormally quick and so I knew it wasn't the game.I think it may have been an application to actually download the demo, and when I click on it nothing happens and it will not let me delete the file.It says it is being used by another process.Is there a way to just get rid of this file,I don,t think it is a virus but I just cant delete the darn thing.
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Feb 1, 2005
Some file showed up a few weeks ago i think and i can't seem to delete them.anyone know how to delete them?
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Sep 10, 2006
I am new to this forum, I hope I have posted in he right place: I am having a problem deleting files via *old, *.chk, *.bak, etc. I am getting "cannot delete file: "Cannot read from the source file or disk". There are several in each of the fore mentioned folders. I can go through and delete some files, but the issue files remain with the "cannot delete file" etc. I have googled for info but what I have found is greek to me. My OS is Windows XP.
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Nov 18, 2009
I'm cleaning up my father's PC and I found that there are over 20,000 BIN and SPJ files on the C drive. I don't know what they do. Most files are about 1 kb in size. but a few are about 2000 KB. I cut and paste them all into one folder on the C drive and no computer functions have been affected. They are taking up about 2 GB on the disk. I am wondering if I can safely delete them.
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Sep 28, 2008
This XP annoyance has bugged me for a long time. When I'm cleaning up my filing system, I may consider deleting some folders, but first move out of them certain files I may still want to keep. However, when I try to delete the no-longer-needed folders, XP constantly comes up with a message telling me I cannot delete the folders because it may be being used by another program and to first shut that program down. Well, it is NOT being used by another program because ALL the programs that could remotely have anything to do with that folder- minus the OS, anti-virus, etc., are OFF!
Even if I shut down EVERYTHING except for the OS, that same idiotic error message still comes up and refuses to allow me to delete the folder UNTIL I reboot the system. So,I have to write down each and every folder I plan to delete and then delete them after rebooting the system. And STILL the occasional time the error message comes up telling me it's being used by another program. I'd like to know what idiot at Microsoft came up with this glitch? Personally, If I wrote the software for this OS, I would at least mention which program was using the file I was attempting to delete and have the option for this program to be shut off. BUT Somehow the people at Microsoft manage to once again lose grasp of the obvious.So, now that I've once again given my opinion re: the inner workings of MS, is there anyone out there that has had this problem and has figured out a solution other than rebooting the system?
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Jan 25, 2007
Can't delete some files in EX Pro.Error message access deniedI tried to do a delete at boot,still didn't work.Is there a good delete at boot out there?I used to use Norton Commander with Win98,boy do I miss it.
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Nov 27, 2008
How do I delete a DLL file in XP ? It`s probably the most simple thing yet darned if I can do it. I keep getting a cant delete message.
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Nov 15, 2007
I recently cleaned out dated "TrueImage" backup files from my XHDD. Two of them contained a file "095578_data" that could not be deleted. Therefore, the one item backup file still exists, which I would like to eliminate, since it is not needed.
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Jul 2, 2005
Norton keeps popping up with this file trying to access the 'net: xflplkdxjv.exe. I think it's spyware, but sometimes it has an AOL ISP address, sometimes not. I have deleted the file more than 15 times, permanently deleted from recycle
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Jul 14, 2005
I once download a file to my desktop and could not delete it since. I didn't really care much, but now it's getting really annoying. I can move the file from folder to folder, but I cannot delete it. When I try to delete it (it's an exe), I get the following message:
Cannot delete battlefield2demo: It is being used by another person or program. Close any programs that might be using the file and try again. This file is NOT in use, and it is not in a background application either. I can close everything but explorer in the task manager, but still the same problem occurs.
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