deleting a read only file

[Guest]

I need to delete a file that is a read only file. Is there a way I can change the file to a read file or delete it altogether?

 

[Graham Mayor]

Select the file in Windows Explorer and press the 'delete' key!

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[Marge O'Brien]

Select the file in Windows Explorer and press the 'delete' key!

That doesn't work for me. I have just finished proofing a 10-chapter
dissertation. Almost a dozen times I received an error message
forcing me to close the document (for unknown reason). Upon opening
it again, I was told it was Read-Only. I saved it by another name,
and the old document remained and refused to be deleted. I now also
have 22 files in my Education folder that have the suffix ".tmp" and
I'm unable to delete those either, each one being more than 950 KB in
size.

I've tried to delete them in Word, in Windows Explorer, and in
WordPerfect Open File -- nothing works. The error message says I
should be sure the disc isn't full (NA) or the document isn't
"write-protected" (?). If I click on Properties, Archive is checked,
and if I uncheck that, it still doesn't delete.

Help would be greatly appreciated.

MOB

 

[Graham Mayor]

As answered in your later post, these files are locked, because of the
crash, by the temporary files. Usually with Windows XP and NTFS filing
systems the files will be released when the applications calling them are
closed. With older operating systems, the files remain locked until you
reboot. See http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm.

Reboot and before opening Word delete the temp files. Note that Windows 98
is especially poor at housekeeping, should you be running that system. I
used to use commands in the autoexec.bat file to clear out the temp folder
on boot-up when I used that OS.

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