Try To Delete It Windows Displays Message / Cannot Delete Filename
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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Jul 8, 2005
Folder on my external hard drive will not delete at all. it says " the filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect". i have also entered the file an tried to delete the things inside but they say " cannot delete file: cannot read from the source file or disk". It happen wen i used the file(temp folder) for emule. it is a virus i suppose but the folders say it has no bytes to them but wen i see the size of the whole folder it's 24.5 GB of space.
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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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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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I have windows XP does that mean I can delete the windows 98 files on my hard disk, or if I do will it mess up the running of my computer.
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When I attempt to empty the XP (Home edition, SP2) recycle bin I get the following error: "Are you sure you want to delete 'WINDOWS'?". If I click YES, another error message appears: "Cannot delete file: Cannot read from the source file or disc". Apparently this "WINDOWS" file is invisible as it cannot actually be seen in the bin. Any other files in the bin are properly deleted. I'm sure I don't have any virus or malware problems.
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Mar 15, 2006
1st im using win98,then i upgrade the OS to Winxp,the problem here,i don't want the win98 anymore,but while loading in BIOS,it stop n ask me which OS i want to use,Windows 98 or Windows XP..that mean i have 2 OS in the machine..so how can i del the choice of win 98 so next time i switch on the pc it go straight loading Winxp,no more to choose which one of the OS..
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Feb 17, 2008
I run Windows XP. When I initially got my computer, it was shared by several different people, and I set it up with several different users. Now I am the only one who uses this computer, and I'd like to delete the other users. When I try to delete the other users by going through the control panel and following the instructions, everything is fine until I get to the actual "delete this user". When I click on it, it pauses, and nothing happens. When I hit cntrl-alt-del, I get a message that mhsta.exe is not responding. I have googled this, but I am at a loss as how to how to fix this. I have restarted the computer several times (for other reasons), but I am still not able to delete the other users.
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Aug 17, 2005
I bought a new computer with a new hard drive and had the technician transfer files from my old hardrive over to the new one. Now I have my old Windows folder from before on there now and I wan to get rid of it. Problem is, it won't let me delete some of the files.
It says that the files are in use, but that is not so because it's an old Windows directory. How do I delete files like DLL's which don't want to be deleted and aren't being used?
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Feb 4, 2005
I am having problems deleting some Windows Temp Files. There are three that absolutely will not delete even when I cold boot or using the search feature and trying to delete them that way. ( sometimes that has worked for me in the past).
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The three files are Jet8B96.tmp, Jet9829.tmp and ZLT04e0c.tmp.
Can anyone tell me how to get rid of them? I am comfortable with using DOS if necessary. And oh yes, ran Ad-Aware, and AVG and cleaned out registry as well.
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I have been given a computer, when I turn it on, it asks me which OS i want to use, windows 2000 or windows xp pro.Is there a way I can delete windows 2000 so as I only have the 1 OS ?
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Mar 9, 2005
anyone knows of any software that can completely remove all traces of windows application,just like at the point in time after you reformatted windows and the entire system is clean.Please do not name me those usual uninstaller programs becoz they cannot completely clear all traces similar to a new formatted computer.
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Jan 4, 2006
I have 2 hardrives, both with windows xp installed
I want to get rid of windows in one of the hardrives, can i do this by just deleting all the files that are related to windows? i.e winnt folder, documents n settings etc...?
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Jul 1, 2005
I am having issues with my pc and I was wondering if it is okay to delete the windows prefetch files.
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Jan 13, 2009
I am trying to install some software but I keep getting the message that windows does not recognise a filename extension msi. I have also had the same message with scf and url extensions. Is there an easy solution? My OS is XP.
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Nov 17, 2006
When I press Alt + Ctrl + Delete in my office iam getiing an option to lock the windows , but when i do the same in my house i straight away get the task manager. Is there anything that i can do in windows to get that option . I have windows XP OS .
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Jan 21, 2007
I have an extra operating system on my C drive that I want to get rid of. Can this be done without reformatting the drive
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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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Dec 6, 2007
when i press ctrl alt del all i get is a box three things on the bottom , nothing on the top so i cant go anywhere else i cant delete the box either i have to reduse it and hide it in a corner.
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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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Jul 20, 2005
while running a scan with ad-aware it seemed to trigger an alert from norton antivirus(i know) that a virus had been detected, the ad-aware scan came up clean as did a spybot scan but im still left with the virus which is a trojan horse called c:/windows/system32/test3adll, now im not exactly sure what the best course of action should be, would i be right in entering the file details in the search bar of the start menu, making a floppy of the file just in case its needed for some other purpose, switching off system restore while i delete it and immediately switching system restore back on, any advice/help in dealing with this problem will be much appreciated
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Sep 5, 2009
If I use any program other than windows explorer to check my HD space, it says about 20 gigs left, windows right now says 0kb on both c, d and e partitions. I run off e at the moment.A few days ago I deleted lots of files and just made a huge 15 gig txt file because I was bored... then I deleted the txt file and the space didnt change (I made sure it was deleted, I know the recycle bin doesnt do its job) and as the space didnt change I used a program called Rollback RX to rollback my HD to a few days ago. so I got my deleted files back (from before the txt file) and checked windows says I am running out of space.
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Jul 18, 2009
Using XP sp2, trying to clear out some useless files on an external drive, no matter how many files I deleted it didn't make much change in space recovered then I checked the size of Windows Live One backup file,50 gig,(wow) that's 60% of the total drive space, while trying to delete it,I get the message "cannot delete DO_NOT_DELETE.mediaID: access denied" Make sure the disk is not full or write protected and that file is not currently in use.
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Nov 30, 2004
I have a batch file to delete temp files but it will not delete folders. DEL /s /q c:"Documents and Settings"Username"Local Settings"Temp If I use the following it deletes Temp file also. I do not want that. rd /s /q c:"Documents and Settings "BillandWezzie" Local Settings"Temp I hope there is some other way, because I have other folders that I do not want to lose. I think the above folder will come back when needed, but I am not sure.
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Dec 15, 2005
I had windows xp initially on my system, but installed windows vista couple of days back, since then my system has not been good as it used to. Please how can I delete windows vista and re-install windows xp? I have tried to install windows xp through the CD, but my system keeps bringing out this message " The application has failed to start because MSVBM50.DLL was not found. Re-installing the application may fix the problem".
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Jul 19, 2005
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Dec 22, 2005
All of a sudden, I am having trouble deleting the odd icon/file. It has been solved partially as someone recommended a prog called "Move on Boot" and what happens is that when I r/c>>delete>>and am yold I cant as someone is using it, I c/o Move on reboot and after reboot, I can delete it. This is not the proper answer so I ask if anyone knows what might be causing this.
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Aug 16, 2005
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May 11, 2006
Whenever something is in use, it can't be deleted, good or bad. I'm wondering, is there any way I can go around this and delete something even if it is in use. ie. BHO, .dll files?
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Jul 13, 2005
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers (More info?) I downloaded XP twice when I first set up my laptop. I just left it that way for years but now I am having problems with one of the copies and would like to remove it from my system. Does anyone have the fix? Needless to say I'm not real computer savvy.
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