| Subject: Problems Deleting A File.... |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.performance_maintenance |
| Date: 5/9/2008 12:41:01 AM |
| From: =?Utf-8?B?V29sZmV5?= [Email Address Protection] |
Quick summary....before I went in to change some program settings for a program on my work computer, i backed up the whole folder it was stored in (under program files on the C drive is where it came from) by copying it to my thumbdrive. Later I am cleaning my thumbdrive and transfer everything to the desktop on my home computer. Recently I am cleaning my desktop of my home computer, which runs on Vista, and I am trying to delete that file from my work computer, and it won't let me. The box that pops up and shows the deleting process and estimates the time remaining just freezes. When I cancel and close it out, I cannot use windows explorer to view any other files. For example, if I go to my control panel, it won't show me anything. It starts to load then immediatley gives me the "red x" by the search bar. I can't refresh or anything. It is like that with every folder. If I go to 'start' then 'computer', same problems. I have to restart the computer for things to be normal again. This file is in a folder with other files. So I copy that folder, and send it to my external hard drive. Then i try to delete the file from my computer again. It worked. Then I tried to empty my recycle bin, and the problem happened again. After a restart, the recycle bin was empty. So i am thinking it is taken care of. Then I remember that I don't want that file on my external hard drive either, so I go to erase that (hard drive is connected to my home computer), and the problem happens again. I can't delete the file. Everytime I try to to makes me lose file information in windows explorer as I mentioned above. I just don't understand why I was able to delete from my computer after i copied it over to my external hard drive, but now i can't delete the file from my external hard. Does this problem have anything to do with Vista? Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can get rid of the file? Or how to view files in windows explorer without having to resart the computer after a failed attempt at deleting that file? Thanks in advance for any help as it will be very much appreciated! |
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| Subject: Re: Problems Deleting A File.... |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.performance_maintenance |
| Date: 5/10/2008 10:11:40 AM |
| From: Hans-Georg Michna [Email Address Protection] |
On Fri, 9 May 2008 00:41:01 -0700, Wolfey wrote: >Quick summary....before I went in to change some program settings for a >program on my work computer, i backed up the whole folder it was stored in >(under program files on the C drive is where it came from) by copying it to >my thumbdrive. Later I am cleaning my thumbdrive and transfer everything to >the desktop on my home computer. Recently I am cleaning my desktop of my >home computer, which runs on Vista, and I am trying to delete that file from >my work computer, and it won't let me. The box that pops up and shows the >deleting process and estimates the time remaining just freezes. When I >cancel and close it out, I cannot use windows explorer to view any other >files. For example, if I go to my control panel, it won't show me anything. >It starts to load then immediatley gives me the "red x" by the search bar. I >can't refresh or anything. It is like that with every folder. If I go to >'start' then 'computer', same problems. I have to restart the computer for >things to be normal again. > >This file is in a folder with other files. So I copy that folder, and send >it to my external hard drive. Then i try to delete the file from my computer >again. It worked. Then I tried to empty my recycle bin, and the problem >happened again. After a restart, the recycle bin was empty. So i am >thinking it is taken care of. Then I remember that I don't want that file on >my external hard drive either, so I go to erase that (hard drive is connected >to my home computer), and the problem happens again. I can't delete the >file. Everytime I try to to makes me lose file information in windows >explorer as I mentioned above. > >I just don't understand why I was able to delete from my computer after i >copied it over to my external hard drive, but now i can't delete the file >from my external hard. > >Does this problem have anything to do with Vista? Does anyone have any >suggestions on how I can get rid of the file? Or how to view files in >windows explorer without having to resart the computer after a failed attempt >at deleting that file? > >Thanks in advance for any help as it will be very much appreciated! Check http://winhlp.com/node/39 for more info and various ways to get around this. Is it an audio or video file that you cannot delete? Hans-Georg -- No mail, please. |
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