Unable to delete some files

[Goi]

Hi,
I have a WD 120GB HDD as my secondary master IDE drive for data storage, and I recently discovered that I can't seem to delete certain files from it, even though they're definitely not in use. Windows will tell me that it's being used by another person/program, but that's not the case.

Any ideas?

 

[singh]

Try to delete them from the command prompt after closing all programs.

 

[DarkTXKnight]

google a little program called unlocker....it will tell you what process might have the file in use and unlock it for you.

 

[Malak]

Unlocker is on Majorgeeks, as are any and all useful programs.

 

[Goi]

Thanks, I'll give that a try.

 

[EpsiIon]

Originally posted by: DarkTXKnight
google a little program called unlocker....it will tell you what process might have the file in use and unlock it for you.

Didn't work for me... But that's not really a surprise seeing as how nothing will delete my undeletable files (trust me, I've tried EVERYTHING). I think Windows' permissions got screwed up somehow. Even my administrator doesn't have access to these files.

 

[Goi]

Hmm, so far it has worked for the files that I'm unable to delete. One was them was Firefox. I was trying to delete my old 1.5 beta 2 and install the new 1.5 stable but apparently my utorrent has a lock on it, and god knows why. Another file was locked by explorer itself.

 

[0roo0roo]

http://www.softwarepatch.com/software/moveonboot.html

 

[0roo0roo]

well tried it, works fine. yea sure u can navigate in dos if u want i guess.. but dealing with deep directories and long file names in dos....*shudders* and yea i think utorrent caused my locked file too

 

[EagleKeeper]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
well tried it, works fine. yea sure u can navigate in dos if u want i guess.. but dealing with deep directories and long file names in dos....*shudders* and yea i think utorrent caused my locked file too

20/20 hindsight

 

[Xylitol]

Originally posted by: DarkTXKnight
google a little program called unlocker....it will tell you what process might have the file in use and unlock it for you.

google owns

If none of that works reformat?

 

[Tikloos]

restart omputer, then delete

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: Tikloos
restart omputer, then delete

if only...