nondeletable folders??

[Beginner-At]

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]I wonder if you could help me. [/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]They are my computers.[/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]I am the only User. [/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Every now and then, there are folders that I cannot delete, not for love nor for money. [/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]I tried to change the folders' Permission, but still it doesn't allow me to delete them. [/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]I used a third-party software to get administrator privileges, but still I cannot delete some of them. [/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]I tried Portable Eraser, but it was not able to delete some of them. [/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Any suggestion??[/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]I thank you all in advance. [/FONT]

 

[Ketchup]

Yes and no. There are folders that cannot and should not be deleted. Some are temp folders that may be empty for the moment, some hold system files that cannot be seen in normal view mode. Some are linked to from other files and therefore cannot be deleted. Best to just leave them alone. They are not hurting anything.

 

[Beginner-At]

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Thanks for your answer. [/FONT]


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[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]You're right. [/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]My question was wrong. For example, sometimes I Uninstall programs, but even after those progs have been uninstalled there still remain folders that I cannot delete, for the reasons I described above. Is there anything I could do about it??[/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Again, thank you for your help[/FONT]

 

[jkauff]

Most stubborn folders can be deleted from a command prompt run as Administrator, if you're comfortable doing that.

 

[Ketchup]

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Thanks for your answer. [/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]
[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]You're right. [/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]My question was wrong. For example, sometimes I Uninstall programs, but even after those progs have been uninstalled there still remain folders that I cannot delete, for the reasons I described above. Is there anything I could do about it??[/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Again, thank you for your help[/FONT]

Revo uninstaller can uninstall the program, delete the program's extra files, and delete the registry entries pointing to it.

For this to work, you would want to re-install the program, then use Revo to uninstall it.

 

[HOSED]

Another approach if you are sure you do not need the folders is to boot with a Linux distribution and delete through Linux http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/create-a-usb-stick-on-ubuntu

Download the 32 bit version of Linux, it should run on 32 or 64 bit hardware.

 

[Victorian Gray]

Unlocker maybe? Note, it does use OpenCandy so if you use it, make sure to tick or untick the appropriate boxes when it's installing so as not to install anything else.

http://emptyloop.com/unlocker/

 

[John Connor]

I've used Unlocker in the past and works great unless the file/folder is attached to Explorer.exe.

 

[Beginner-At]

Many thanks to everyone.