How to delete undeletable file
How to delete undeletable file
1>>Open a Command Prompt window
and leave it open.
Close all open programs.
Click Start, Run and enter
TASKMGR.EXE
Go to the Processes
tab and End Process on Explorer.exe.
Leave Task Manager open.
Go back to the Command Prompt
window and change to the directory
the AVI (or other undeletable file) is
located in.
At the command prompt type DEL
where is the file you wish to delete.
Go back to Task Manager, click File,
New Task and enter EXPLORER.EXE to
restart the GUI shell.
Close Task Manager.
Or you can try this
Open Notepad.exe
Click File>Save As..>
locate the folder where ur
undeletable file is
Choose ‘All files’ from the filetype
box
click once on the file u wannadelete
so its name appears in the ‘filename’
box
put a ” at the start and end of the
filename
(the filename should have the
extension of the undeletable file so it
will overwrite it)
click save,
It should ask u to overwrite the
existing file, choose yes and u can
delete it as normal.
Here’s a manual way of doingit. I’ll
take this off once you put into your
first post zain.
1. Start
2. Run
3. Type: command
4. To move into a directory type: cd
c:*** (The stars stand for your
folder)
5. If you cannot access the folder
because it has spaces for example
Program Files or Kazaa Lite folder
you have to do the following.
instead of typing in the full folder
name only take the first 6 letters
then put a ~ and then 1 without
spaces. Example: cd c:
progra~1kazaal~1
6. Once your in the folder thenon-
deletable file it in type in dir – a list
will come up with everything inside.
7. Now to delete the file type in del
***.bmp, txt, jpg, avi, etc … And if the
file name has spaces you would use
the special 1st 6 letters followed by a
~ and a 1 rule. Example: if your file
name was bad file.bmp you would
type once in the specific folder
thorugh command, del badfil~1.bmp
and your file should be gone.Make
sure to type in the correct extension
1>>Open a Command Prompt window
and leave it open.
Close all open programs.
Click Start, Run and enter
TASKMGR.EXE
Go to the Processes
tab and End Process on Explorer.exe.
Leave Task Manager open.
Go back to the Command Prompt
window and change to the directory
the AVI (or other undeletable file) is
located in.
At the command prompt type DEL
where is the file you wish to delete.
Go back to Task Manager, click File,
New Task and enter EXPLORER.EXE to
restart the GUI shell.
Close Task Manager.
Or you can try this
Open Notepad.exe
Click File>Save As..>
locate the folder where ur
undeletable file is
Choose ‘All files’ from the filetype
box
click once on the file u wannadelete
so its name appears in the ‘filename’
box
put a ” at the start and end of the
filename
(the filename should have the
extension of the undeletable file so it
will overwrite it)
click save,
It should ask u to overwrite the
existing file, choose yes and u can
delete it as normal.
Here’s a manual way of doingit. I’ll
take this off once you put into your
first post zain.
1. Start
2. Run
3. Type: command
4. To move into a directory type: cd
c:*** (The stars stand for your
folder)
5. If you cannot access the folder
because it has spaces for example
Program Files or Kazaa Lite folder
you have to do the following.
instead of typing in the full folder
name only take the first 6 letters
then put a ~ and then 1 without
spaces. Example: cd c:
progra~1kazaal~1
6. Once your in the folder thenon-
deletable file it in type in dir – a list
will come up with everything inside.
7. Now to delete the file type in del
***.bmp, txt, jpg, avi, etc … And if the
file name has spaces you would use
the special 1st 6 letters followed by a
~ and a 1 rule. Example: if your file
name was bad file.bmp you would
type once in the specific folder
thorugh command, del badfil~1.bmp
and your file should be gone.Make
sure to type in the correct extension