Can't delete a file !

[Goood]

Hello !

A file is now present on my desktop. I can't delete it !

Name "CA51I7C9."
Size 0 B
Attrib H, S on command "attrib", not hide on Windows
No dates and hours !

Can't delete or attrib on Windows
Can't delete or attrib on command line without echec
Because file is not here !

I tryed CHKDSK /f (no problems)

Security are not accessible on this file !
Try to give child autaurisations for all the desktop folder

I use Windows XP sp2 with ntfs in workgroup
I'm logged in administrators
I'm the only user

Can you help me please ?

 

[Guest]

-----Original Message-----
Hello !

A file is now present on my desktop. I can't delete it !

Name "CA51I7C9."
Size 0 B
Attrib H, S on command "attrib", not hide on Windows
No dates and hours !

Can't delete or attrib on Windows
Can't delete or attrib on command line without echec
Because file is not here !

I tryed CHKDSK /f (no problems)

Security are not accessible on this file !
Try to give child autaurisations for all the desktop folder

I use Windows XP sp2 with ntfs in workgroup
I'm logged in administrators
I'm the only user

Can you help me please ?
.

You might be able to get rid of it while in 'safe mode'
(hold down F8 while rebooting). If not, open a command
prompt to your desktop - keep it open and then open Task
Manager and in the 'processes' tab, end the process
'explorer.exe'.
Back to the command prompt, the file will now delete.
Back to Task Manager -'File' on the menu bar and enter the
new task 'explorer.exe'
Your done

 

[Guest]

I did it before ... without echec in french is safe mode
in english.
In command line,
DEL can't find the file
ATTRIB can find the file but ATTRIB *.* -h -s can't modify
attrib Hiden and System of this file !

 

[Roy]

Do a google search for Delete Doctor, a free proggie. This should remove
this file

 

[DanR]

Sometimes you can rename the file and then delete it.

Hello !

A file is now present on my desktop. I can't delete it !

Name "CA51I7C9."
Size 0 B
Attrib H, S on command "attrib", not hide on Windows
No dates and hours !

Can't delete or attrib on Windows
Can't delete or attrib on command line without echec
Because file is not here !

I tryed CHKDSK /f (no problems)

Security are not accessible on this file !
Try to give child autaurisations for all the desktop folder

I use Windows XP sp2 with ntfs in workgroup
I'm logged in administrators
I'm the only user

Can you help me please ?

 

[Guest]

Windows or comand line in safe mode CAN'T find this
file !!!

 

[Guest]

Delete Doctor can't help me :-(

Via DOS short name : cannot delete whith this methode
Via UNC name : No UNC name avable for this file
On system restart : nothing :-(

 

[info]

Hello !

A file is now present on my desktop. I can't delete it !

Name "CA51I7C9."
Size 0 B
Attrib H, S on command "attrib", not hide on Windows
No dates and hours !

Can't delete or attrib on Windows
Can't delete or attrib on command line without echec
Because file is not here !

I tryed CHKDSK /f (no problems)

Security are not accessible on this file !
Try to give child autaurisations for all the desktop folder

I use Windows XP sp2 with ntfs in workgroup
I'm logged in administrators
I'm the only user

Can you help me please ?

Try Eraser?

 

[Plato]

A file is now present on my desktop. I can't delete it !

http://www.bootdisk.com/xptop20.htm#8

 

[Guest]

I got a similar problem.

When I try to delete the file I got the message

"Can not delete the file: Can not read from source file or source disc."

In delete Doctor i got the result

Via DOS short name : cannot delete whith this methode
Via UNC name : No UNC name avable for this file
On system restart : nothing happened.

Eraser did not manage to remove the file also.
( I do not think it is a file, but a rest of a file)

How can i remove it?

 

[Guest]

I got the same problem as Good.

when i try to delete the file i got the message:

"Can not delete file: can not read the source file or source disk. "

I got the same result with "Delete doctor" as Goood
Eraser did not manage to remove it.

And there was no help here:
http://www.bootdisk.com/xptop20.htm#8

How can I remove it?

 

[Jim Byrd]

Hi JM.Annonce and Kalle - Sometimes tools will find files which they are
unable to delete because they are in use. A program called Copylock, here,
http://noeld.com/programs.asp?cat=misc#CopyLock can aid in the process of
"replacing, moving, renaming or deleting one or many files which are
currently in use (e.g. system files like comctl32.dll, or virus/trojan
files.)"

Another is Killbox, here: http://www.downloads.subratam.org/KillBox.zip

A third which is a bit different but often useful is Delete Invalid File,
here: http://www.purgeie.com/delinv.htm which handles invalid/UNC
file/folder name deleting, rather than the in use problem


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Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP



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[Guest]

The program "delete invalid file" helped me. Thank You.

I din not try the other two suggestions, since the file was not not in use.

 

[Jim Byrd]

YW, Kalle - Glad it helped.

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Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP



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