I got a corrupted file, and it wont delete...

[HatchbackMustang]

Its 0 bytes and its a game patch that didnt download right now says that it wont delete because it says its in use, but it is really not.



Anyone know what to do?

 

[mechBgon]

Try deleting it while in Safe Mode. LMK if that doesn't do the trick, there's a further step that can help in that case.

 

[HatchbackMustang]

Originally posted by: mechBgon
Try deleting it while in Safe Mode. LMK if that doesn't do the trick, there's a further step that can help in that case.

Alright. I will try.

 

[Harvey]

What OS? If Win 98, you can boot to the DOS prompt and use DELTREE to delete almost anything. I don't know if it will work in XP.

You can also try setting the attributes so it isn't a System or Read Only file before trying to delete it. Command line:

ATTRIB -R -S <file name>

 

[HatchbackMustang]

I am running windows xp. And as for the safe mode, dont work. I am posting it from there right now.

 

[mechBgon]

Ok, next do this:

1) Start > Run > cmd opens a command-line box.

2) in the box, type cd \ to reach the root of C:, then use the cd command to go to C:\Documents and Settings\youraccount'sname\Desktop (I assume it's on your desktop?)

3) get Task Manager open, and kill off explorer.exe. Your Start button and taskbar should vanish.

4) now use the command-line box to delete the file using the del filename.exe command.


Hope that helps Welcome to the Forums, by the way

 

[Harvey]

Umm... I didn't know you could get online in Safe Mode. Try working on it from the command line. You'll have to know which directory (folder) the file is in. To get there:

Start - Run - CMD.

Command:

CD\<full path name>

Command (per above):

ATTRIB -R -S <file name> <Enter> (removes Read Only and System attributes)

DELTREE/Y <file name> <Enter> (nukes the nasty little ah heck)

To see if the file was deleted, type:

DIR <file name> <Enter>

< update >

Looks like mechBgon posted almost exactly the same thing as I was posting. DELTREE may be a better choice than DEL only because it will work on most System and Read Only files without any hassle.

 

[HatchbackMustang]

Ok, well I have typed it in like 4 times, making sure that there are no file with that name.

 

[Harvey]

Did that delete the file?

 

[OffTopic1]

Some time deltree doesn't work, untill you run chkdsk & defrag (it happen quite often on my 2 year old 80GB hdd).

 

[Budman]

I had a problem once with a file what really hard to delete & was very stubborn,the only way i could delete it was with this program called Delete FXP.


http://www.deletefxpfiles.com

 

[mechBgon]

If this was caused by FireFox fumbling a download, which is where I originally learned the kill-off-Explorer trick, then setting it to download to someplace other than your desktop may help. Or use IE.

 

[HatchbackMustang]

Nice. It worked. The FXPDelete worked. You are amazing. Thanks again!