Noisy Crow

Think about it more.... might be an illegal character. Try dir /x to display the short names and then use to delete using that

alzellogin

Originally Posted by Noisy Crow

Think about it more.... might be an illegal character. Try dir /x to display the short names and then use to delete using that

hi i can a bit nearer to the solution...

with dir/x see the short name witch ends with ~1, ok
i do del "short name" wow he ask me you want delete C:/....foldername? (J/n)
i do J enter... megahappy...

to fast...

go to see if the folder really delated... nothing!

the folder is allwas at the same place!!

sorry i feel stupind, cause i thing u mean im stupid but really i tried in all ways.

its that possible?

alzellogin

it seems how its a kind of ghost folder...

im getting crazzzzzyyy!

AKAJohnDoe

Originally Posted by alzellogin

somefile in the folder i can delete ( I have it done) but quite all files and the folder i cant delete.

Again, the files that you are unable to delete are in-use, that is, some running program, process, or service is using them.

Try deleting the files under the directory (or directories if there are sub-directories) one at a time. When you have deleted everything that you are able to delete, shutdown and restart your PC. Repeat this process until you are finally able to delete everything under and then the directory itself.

It is kind of brute force, but what you are effectively doing by this process is attempting to break the program, process, or service that has the hold on this to the point where it can no longer run and thereby gives up it's hold.

Unless you can identify the program, process, or service that has this hold and disable it top-down, knocking out the foundation is the next best approach.

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alzellogin

Originally Posted by AKAJohnDoe

Again, the files that you are unable to delete are in-use, that is, some running program, process, or service is using them. Try deleting the files under the directory (or directories if there are sub-directories) one at a time. When you have deleted everything that you are able to delete, shutdown and restart your PC. Repeat this process until you are finally able to delete everything under and then the directory itself. It is kind of brute force, but what you are effectively doing by this process is attempting to break the program, process, or service that has the hold on this to the point where it can no longer run and thereby gives up it's hold. Unless you can identify the program, process, or service that has this hold and disable it top-down, knocking out the foundation is the next best approach.

hei i do this too..no way...
quit all progs with taskmanager an try to delete. nothing.
restar 1000 times...and try to delete, bla bla..

its not taht way big problem.. but can't possible that is so...

AKAJohnDoe

If the folder was being used by Dreamweaver, then it is likely that is what still has hold of it. Anything in the STARTUP or hidden in the WIN.INI file that initializes Dreamweaver?

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alzellogin

Originally Posted by AKAJohnDoe

If the folder was being used by Dreamweaver, then it is likely that is what still has hold of it. Anything in the STARTUP or hidden in the WIN.INI file that initializes Dreamweaver?

no!

shut i disinstall dramweaver and try then to delete? but i think thats make no differenct, caus nothing initialies dreamveaver...

grr... the is maybe a special software tool?.. i try to search.

can i start xp in dos mode? i think not right?

AKAJohnDoe

You may be able to boot from a CD. Is your OS loading from a FAT32 or an NTFS volume?

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alzellogin

Originally Posted by AKAJohnDoe

You may be able to boot from a CD. Is your OS loading from a FAT32 or an NTFS volume?

is load ing from a NTFS volume

AKAJohnDoe

That complicates it.

Before that, go to Windows Explorer, bring up the drive that this directory is on, right-click on the drive letter, select Properties, Select Tools, click the Check Now under error checking, check both boxes, click Start.

It will want to shut down your PC and will restart it in a very slow-running DOS-like mode. If there are obvious sector errors this may well correct them. When it is done it will restart Windows.

If this does not fix the problem, then there is almost certainly something somewhere on the machine that has some sort of exclusive hold on something in that directory tree structure.

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alzellogin

ok i run the check now 30 min.. nothing..
what u say shut i disinstal dreamweaver?
incredible...
thx

AKAJohnDoe

Originally Posted by alzellogin

ok i run the check now 30 min.. nothing.. what u say shut i disinstal dreamweaver? incredible... thx

I am very surprised that when you do START/RUN/TASKMGR and check for running applications and running processes (you did check the all users box?) that something obvious did not jump out.

If in fact it is Dreamweaver thas has this locked, that could certainly work; however, if not, then what?

You don't have a print of something from there queued up by chance?

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alzellogin

maaaaa.... now I have uninstall dreamveaver... for nothing!

no changes...and what now?
i say to you if u where here in front of the comp.. u wont belive...

sorry what was your last question?

alzellogin

now i make a virus check.. all ok.

it seems like de file dont reaaly exist but he displays...

its seen as would the file not writed on the disk...

chees

I had the same problem with a file on my computer. It would never let me delete it. I ended up being able to delete it by making my desktop a shared folder, and then I opened the folder on a mac and deleted it with no problem. You could also try running a live version of linux to delete it I guess. That might work.