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Title: Cant Delete a Folder
Post by: GT-7 on January 27, 2008, 05:18:37 AM

Well i have got this small problem for ages already, but first at all, im the admin of our computer, and this is the problem.

I got a weird file in my music folder which i cant delete. And inside the file in another file and so on for like 5 times. Then when i come to the last file, it doesnt allow me to access on it.. It shouldnt be any system file because the folders/files names are bands/albums names ive had sometime on my computer. And when i try to delete the folder, it says that

"The folder [name] includes destinations which are too long to the trash can. Do you want to delete the file ultimately?"

When i press YES, it takes couple seconds, and then says: "You can't delete folder [name]: The content isint empty."

So that is my problem

Title: Cant Delete a Folder
Post by: Skull on January 27, 2008, 05:23:20 AM

You got vista?

Title: Cant Delete a Folder
Post by: GT-7 on January 27, 2008, 05:24:44 AM

No.

Title: Cant Delete a Folder
Post by: Skull on January 27, 2008, 05:31:52 AM

 I have no idea then. Sorry.

Title: Cant Delete a Folder
Post by: GT-7 on January 27, 2008, 06:07:12 AM

Thats fine  Anybody else knows...?

Title: Cant Delete a Folder
Post by: Aeneon on January 27, 2008, 06:28:19 AM

Tweak UI / Tweak XP. Or change it so you cant see it.

Title: Cant Delete a Folder
Post by: Paxton on January 27, 2008, 06:32:27 AM

Try with Unlocker. It deletes/moves every file you want without bitching.

Title: Cant Delete a Folder
Post by: Aries on January 27, 2008, 06:37:19 AM

Find a program called Killbox. Deletes anything you want, including windows directory

Title: Cant Delete a Folder
Post by: GT-7 on January 27, 2008, 06:39:02 AM

Blaze: I got it, havent found the answer with it.

PaxtonfT: I have tried it when SL posted it into some earlier topic, didnt worked.

Aries: Ill try it  

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Title: Cant Delete a Folder
Post by: Aries on January 27, 2008, 07:03:51 AM

It's because it's making it seem in use.

Do the 'delete on next shutdown/boot up thingy. That should do it.

Title: Cant Delete a Folder
Post by: Neo Anderson on January 27, 2008, 07:23:43 AM

Yeah those are the programs I've used in the past also. Sometimes you can remane a file or folder, to something really stupid so you remember it's name, reboot and you might be able to delete it. There's also starting your PC in safe mode and from there you might be able to get rid of it.

Title: Cant Delete a Folder
Post by: Ferσή on January 27, 2008, 10:00:10 AM

close what ever program would be using them with a playlist etc.. shift+delete

Title: Cant Delete a Folder
Post by: GT-7 on January 27, 2008, 10:42:51 AM

Well im trying to remove it when boot

Title: Cant Delete a Folder
Post by: ApeX on January 27, 2008, 11:03:37 AM

If there's files what is been downloaded (warez) u should close the p2p or torrent programs and try again

Title: Cant Delete a Folder
Post by: GT-7 on January 27, 2008, 11:09:14 AM

No there aint anything ive dled, and i dont have any p2p program on.

Title: Cant Delete a Folder
Post by: GT-7 on January 28, 2008, 05:31:43 AM

It didnt work Aries

Title: Cant Delete a Folder
Post by: Cody on January 28, 2008, 08:37:11 AM

Did you try the Safe Mode thing Neo suggested?

Title: Cant Delete a Folder
Post by: GT-7 on January 28, 2008, 09:19:15 AM

Well im trying it next time i start my PC, i just need to be fast because the screen where i can access there is only like for 0,25 seconds..

Title: Cant Delete a Folder
Post by: Psycho on January 28, 2008, 09:18:45 PM

I've found that sometimes, a series of renaming files/folders and putting them in new folders, then deleting the outer folder, usually works for me.

Title: Cant Delete a Folder
Post by: Barney on January 29, 2008, 01:41:24 AM

move the folder into another folder, eg. Desktop to My Documents, then try delete it.

that usually does it

Title: Cant Delete a Folder
Post by: GT-7 on January 29, 2008, 05:33:58 AM

The Safe Mode thingy didnt work, but moving the files helped  Thank you guys

Title: Cant Delete a Folder
Post by: Nitzkit on January 30, 2008, 05:25:58 AM

Glad to see you deleted it, but what I do is I just use task manager. I close explorer and every little program under the user. Then I browse using task manager and delete the folder/file. Always works.

Title: Cant Delete a Folder
Post by: GT-7 on January 30, 2008, 05:40:53 AM

Too complicated for me Nitz  

Title: Cant Delete a Folder
Post by: boxXx on January 30, 2008, 05:48:10 AM

or download unlocker 1.8.5 then delete the folder so the error pops up, then unlocker pops up a screen press "Unleash" en then delete it again.

Title: Cant Delete a Folder
Post by: GT-7 on January 30, 2008, 06:01:01 AM

As i said already that i got the folder removed