Go Back   PCMech Forums > Windows Support > Windows Legacy Support (XP and earlier)

Need Some Help? Type Your Keywords Here:

Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Search this Thread Rate Thread Display Modes
Old 02-28-2007, 11:48 PM   #1
Member (9 bit)
 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 371
Problem deleting files

Have a Win98SE machine. I copied and pasted some files from one area to another and they ended up being gibberish. When I try to just delete them I get a "Error Deleting File, Cannot delete file" box. How do I fix this? Thanks.
jacatone is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-01-2007, 04:44 AM   #2
It can never be too quiet
 
Stryker's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Burlington, Ontario
Posts: 1,090
Hiya jacatone,

Have you tried rebooting the machine? Windows may still be reading the file as being open by another program or perhaps it's stuck in memory/cache. A reboot will generally fix this issue and release the file to allow deletion.

Hope this helps!
Stryker
__________________
Athlon XP 2800+ • Asus A7N8X (nVidia Nforce2) • Radeon 9600 Pro 256MB • 2x512MB KVR DDR PC3200 Dual Channel • 120GB Seagate 7200RPM 8MB • 160GB WD 7200RPM 8MB • Liteon DVD±RW DL • AOpen DVD±RW DL • Vantec Ion2 350W PSUSend me your picture for the Member Photo Gallery
Stryker is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-01-2007, 08:30 AM   #3
glc
Forum Administrator
Staff
Premium Member
 
glc's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Joplin MO
Posts: 37,786
If that fails, try safe mode. Next step is MoveOnBoot.

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/moveonboot.html
glc is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks

Still Need Help? Type Your Keywords Here:


Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
IE 7 / WMP 11 media files problem albert3801 Internet, Web Applications, & The Cloud 2 01-19-2007 05:25 PM
Begining DOS help longrawker Windows Legacy Support (XP and earlier) 17 11-13-2004 11:55 AM
wireless network problem: share internet, cant share files rhdb52 Networking & Online Security 4 10-10-2004 11:47 AM
Problem searching within music files PilotinCommand Windows Legacy Support (XP and earlier) 4 10-02-2004 07:27 PM


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 01:52 AM.
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2012, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
SEO by vBSEO 3.6.0 PL2