Desktop folder will not delete !!!!

[McTaffish]

Hope there are some computer whizzkids on here who can help me out.I
downloaded a bit torrent yesterday (folder of games,themes etc for the K700i
Sony Ericsson mobile).They were in the .rar format but something went AWOL
when i was trying to extract the .rar files and as far as i was
concerned,the download had failed.However,i'm now left with a folder on the
desktop (titled Sony Ericsson bla bla bla) and whatever i do,it will not
delete (Error message..."Cannot delete file.Cannot read form the source file
or disk").I'm unable to open it,rename it or send it to the recycle bin.It's
just stuck there..lol.When i've gone to Safe Mode that has failed to rid the
thing as well.It is apparently empty but why the chuff can't i delete it?
I've run a virus scan,spyware search etc and everything comes up all
clear.I've also tried a couple of utilities on the net such as GiPO Move on
Boot and that doesn't work either? There's no sign of the botched download
anywhere else on the hardrive apart from this folder!! Any assistance
welcome.Yours confused,McTaffish




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[Brian A.]

Try this solution from
http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=252231&highlight=delete+files

Close all open apps. Open a command prompt and navigate to the directory with
the offending files. Then open the Task Manager and click on the Processes tab.
select "Explorer.Exe" under Image Name. Click "End Process".

Now you will only have the command prompt and the task manager. In the Command
Prompt, DEL the offending files
(DEL *.mpg, DEL mus*.avi, DEL test.wmv, etc.)

The files should now delete without a problem. Now go back to the task manager
and click on the Applications tab. Click
the "New Task..." button. in the dialog, type Explorer.Exe and click OK


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[Yeeeha]

Try This. Got to "My Computer" double click on the "C:\" drive, then go to
"Documents and Settings". Open up the Administrator, All Users and your name
folders one at a time. As you go into each user folder, then go to "Desktop"
look in each Desktop folder for the folder you are looking for, select it
and then delete it. Go to the next "User Folder" and again to Desktop and
repeat tthe process. Continue doing this until you've gone through each
"User Folder". That should solve the problem for you.

Good luck.

Jim

 

[McTaffish]

Thanks for both the replies.I have tried the second solution but it still
refuses to delete the folder when i try.It is a stubborn wee soul by the
looks of it.As for the command prompt,i'm totally clueless with this.I know
how to start command prompt but after that i do not know what to type or how
to navigate to the desktop directory.If there is any way you can describe
how to do this i'd be really grateful.The task manager is not the
problem,just working my way through command prompt.Cheers.

Hope there are some computer whizzkids on here who can help me out.I
downloaded a bit torrent yesterday (folder of games,themes etc for the
K700i Sony Ericsson mobile).They were in the .rar format but something
went AWOL when i was trying to extract the .rar files and as far as i was
concerned,the download had failed.However,i'm now left with a folder on
the desktop (titled Sony Ericsson bla bla bla) and whatever i do,it will
not delete (Error message..."Cannot delete file.Cannot read form the
source file or disk").I'm unable to open it,rename it or send it to the
recycle bin.It's just stuck there..lol.When i've gone to Safe Mode that
has failed to rid the thing as well.It is apparently empty but why the
chuff can't i delete it? I've run a virus scan,spyware search etc and
everything comes up all clear.I've also tried a couple of utilities on the
net such as GiPO Move on Boot and that doesn't work either? There's no
sign of the botched download anywhere else on the hardrive apart from this
folder!! Any assistance welcome.Yours confused,McTaffish



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[Brian A.]

Click Start > Run, type in: cmd and press Enter.
If the prompt is at c:\documents and settings\your user folder name.
At the command prompt type each line below and press Enter after each.

cd desktop
dir

If the prompt is not at c:\documents and settings\your user name, at the prompt
type:

cd c:\documents and settings\your user folder name
cd desktop

**Note the name of the folder on the desktop you want to delete and type at the
prompt:
del nameoffolder

Check and check again that you have the correct folder on the desktop before
deleting.

To close the command prompt gui, type exit and press Enter.

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[McTaffish]

Right Brian,cheers for your help once again mate.I have followed the stages
below.I can see the folder/file/whatever it is, in the list in Command
Prompt :- C:\Documents and Settings\MARK\Desktop\

I believe its full name is :- (note there is a <DIR> to the left of the
name)
Sony Ericsson K700 mobile games-Over 700 java games_for_Sony
Ericsson+Nokia6600.3650.k700.

However,when i press enter to delete it states:-

Could Not Find C:\Documents and Settings\MARK\Desktop\Sony

There are 33 Files and 3 Dir in this listing.The one <DIR> is this Sony
nuisance
and they are:-

<DIR> .
<DIR> . .
<DIR> Sony Ericsson K700 mobile games-Over 700 java
games_for_Sony Ericsson+Nokia6600.3650.k700.


I've tried to describe it as best as i can Brian.Being a novice at CMD,i'm
surprised i've got this far !! ;-) However,now i can see it there,it still
won't delete !?

Mark

Click Start > Run, type in: cmd and press Enter.
If the prompt is at c:\documents and settings\your user folder name.
At the command prompt type each line below and press Enter after each.

cd desktop
dir

If the prompt is not at c:\documents and settings\your user name, at the
prompt type:

cd c:\documents and settings\your user folder name
cd desktop

**Note the name of the folder on the desktop you want to delete and type
at the prompt:
del nameoffolder

Check and check again that you have the correct folder on the desktop
before deleting.

To close the command prompt gui, type exit and press Enter.

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[Brian A.]

Damn LFN's! (Long File Names)
Try at the C:\Documents and Settings\MARK\Desktop\ prompt:

dir /x
Should show the dos 8.3 name before the lfn and the folder dos name should look
like: sonyer~1. Use the dos name for deletion. First remove any attributes
just in case.
attrib -s -r -h -a sony~1 **Note space after b, s, r, h, and a
del /f sony~1 ** space after L and f
del sonyer~1 **space after L
Press Y to confirm deletion and press Enter.
Type exit.


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[McTaffish]

No joy Brian.Followed all that you said but when i type in dir/x there is no
sign of the Sony terror :-( It states that it cannot find the file specified
whenever i attempt to look for Sony.

I really appreciate your help mate but perhaps i am stuck with this thing
until the need comes to reformat the system? I don't particularly want to
reformat now as i have so much stuff on here and it will take me ages to get
to this stage again.It doesn't appear to be a virus or spyware,not that i'm
an expert so mayabe i should admit defeat to this particular
nuisance.....time to fly the white flag? ;-) lol

Damn LFN's! (Long File Names)
Try at the C:\Documents and Settings\MARK\Desktop\ prompt:

dir /x
Should show the dos 8.3 name before the lfn and the folder dos name should
look like: sonyer~1. Use the dos name for deletion. First remove any
attributes just in case.
attrib -s -r -h -a sony~1 **Note space after b, s, r, h, and a
del /f sony~1 ** space after L and f
del sonyer~1 **space after L
Press Y to confirm deletion and press Enter.
Type exit.


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[tom]

try do a cut (right click the file) then delete, this work for me when
my videos got locked

 

[Brian A.]

To be clear, you typed dir /x, that's dir space /x, and not dir/x, correct?
If it showed when you use only dir as <DIR> Sony Ericsson K700 mobile
games-Over 700 java games_for_Sony Ericsson+Nokia6600.3650.k700, then it should
show the 8.3 dos file name as mentioned using the /x switch.

Did you even try the rest of the commands suggested to delete it?
I notice I mention 2 dels when only one or the other is needed.
Using del /f forces the deletion of read only files.


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[McTaffish]

Brian,
This is the copy of the dir-desktop

Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\MARK\desktop

04/10/2005 19:49 <DIR> .
04/10/2005 19:49 <DIR> ..
20/09/2005 19:22 630 a-squared StartCenter.lnk
20/09/2005 19:26 853 Ad-Aware SE Personal.lnk
20/09/2005 19:36 675 Atomic Clock Sync.lnk
20/09/2005 19:22 773 Bazooka.lnk
20/09/2005 19:22 2,059 BOINC Manager.lnk
20/09/2005 19:34 1,498 Calculator.lnk
24/03/2005 21:57 186 CD Drive.lnk
20/09/2005 19:23 743 Deepnet Explorer.lnk
20/09/2005 19:23 1,598 Disk Cleaner.lnk
20/09/2005 19:23 1,637 eBay Turbo Lister.lnk
21/09/2005 16:25 736 floAt's Mobile Agent.lnk
26/09/2005 11:49 1,539 Google Earth.lnk
20/09/2005 19:23 678 ICQ 5.lnk
15/03/2005 16:01 767 Internet Explorer.lnk
15/03/2005 15:20 242 Internet Options.lnk
20/09/2005 18:42 1,600 LimeWire PRO 4.9.23.lnk
20/09/2005 19:26 825 Microsoft AntiSpyware.lnk
03/10/2005 18:23 2,521 Microsoft Office Outlook 2003.lnk
29/03/2005 16:54 2,455 Microsoft Office Publisher 2003.lnk
26/09/2005 17:52 2,497 Microsoft Office Word 2003.lnk
18/09/2005 01:31 723 MRU-Blaster.lnk
03/10/2005 21:34 2,323 MSN Messenger 7.5.lnk
25/03/2005 23:15 338 My Documents.lnk
27/09/2005 19:28 638 Opera.lnk
16/03/2005 21:26 738 Outlook Express.lnk
24/09/2005 15:41 701 POP Peeper.lnk
20/09/2005 19:28 915 RealPlayer.lnk
26/06/2005 14:48 810 RegSeeker.lnk
01/10/2005 17:03 <DIR> Sony Ericsson K700 mobile games-Over
700 ja
va games_for_Sony Ericsson+Nokia6600.3650.k700.
02/10/2005 19:35 933 Spybot - Search & Destroy.lnk
20/09/2005 19:31 702 Spyware Blaster.lnk
17/09/2005 20:43 1,475 Windows Explorer.lnk
24/09/2005 14:21 792 Windows Media Player.lnk
25/06/2005 23:31 1,485 Yahoo! Mail.lnk
33 File(s) 37,085 bytes
3 Dir(s) 108,984,721,408 bytes free



When i try the dir /x, this is the screen:-

04/10/2005 23:10 <DIR> .
04/10/2005 23:10 <DIR> ..
24/04/2005 13:40 <DIR> HOUSEC~1 .housecall
01/10/2005 18:05 <DIR> LIMEWI~1 .limewire
14/06/2005 23:26 <DIR> AWC_CR~1 awc_crazydruid
04/10/2005 23:10 0 del
04/10/2005 19:49 <DIR> Desktop
26/08/2005 16:58 <DIR> FAVORI~1 Favorites
26/07/2005 22:25 <DIR> INCOMP~1 Incomplete
04/10/2005 19:52 <DIR> MYDOCU~1 My Documents
04/10/2005 20:16 8,388,608 ntuser.dat
04/10/2005 23:08 1,024 NTUSER~1.LOG ntuser.dat.LOG
28/09/2005 23:22 <DIR> STARTM~1 Start Menu
13/03/2005 11:36 <DIR> WINDOWS
3 File(s) 8,389,632 bytes
11 Dir(s) 108,984,459,264 bytes free





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[McTaffish]

Tried that Tom...still there but thanks for trying.

try do a cut (right click the file) then delete, this work for me when
my videos got locked





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[Brian A.]

Brian,
This is the copy of the dir-desktop

Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\MARK\desktop

04/10/2005 19:49 <DIR> .
04/10/2005 19:49 <DIR> ..
20/09/2005 19:22 630 a-squared StartCenter.lnk
20/09/2005 19:26 853 Ad-Aware SE Personal.lnk
20/09/2005 19:36 675 Atomic Clock Sync.lnk
20/09/2005 19:22 773 Bazooka.lnk
20/09/2005 19:22 2,059 BOINC Manager.lnk
20/09/2005 19:34 1,498 Calculator.lnk
24/03/2005 21:57 186 CD Drive.lnk
20/09/2005 19:23 743 Deepnet Explorer.lnk
20/09/2005 19:23 1,598 Disk Cleaner.lnk
20/09/2005 19:23 1,637 eBay Turbo Lister.lnk
21/09/2005 16:25 736 floAt's Mobile Agent.lnk
26/09/2005 11:49 1,539 Google Earth.lnk
20/09/2005 19:23 678 ICQ 5.lnk
15/03/2005 16:01 767 Internet Explorer.lnk
15/03/2005 15:20 242 Internet Options.lnk
20/09/2005 18:42 1,600 LimeWire PRO 4.9.23.lnk
20/09/2005 19:26 825 Microsoft AntiSpyware.lnk
03/10/2005 18:23 2,521 Microsoft Office Outlook 2003.lnk
29/03/2005 16:54 2,455 Microsoft Office Publisher 2003.lnk
26/09/2005 17:52 2,497 Microsoft Office Word 2003.lnk
18/09/2005 01:31 723 MRU-Blaster.lnk
03/10/2005 21:34 2,323 MSN Messenger 7.5.lnk
25/03/2005 23:15 338 My Documents.lnk
27/09/2005 19:28 638 Opera.lnk
16/03/2005 21:26 738 Outlook Express.lnk
24/09/2005 15:41 701 POP Peeper.lnk
20/09/2005 19:28 915 RealPlayer.lnk
26/06/2005 14:48 810 RegSeeker.lnk
01/10/2005 17:03 <DIR> Sony Ericsson K700 mobile games-Over 700
ja
va games_for_Sony Ericsson+Nokia6600.3650.k700.
02/10/2005 19:35 933 Spybot - Search & Destroy.lnk
20/09/2005 19:31 702 Spyware Blaster.lnk
17/09/2005 20:43 1,475 Windows Explorer.lnk
24/09/2005 14:21 792 Windows Media Player.lnk
25/06/2005 23:31 1,485 Yahoo! Mail.lnk
33 File(s) 37,085 bytes
3 Dir(s) 108,984,721,408 bytes free

The below is not a directory of your Desktop, it is a directory of C:\Documents
and Settings\MARK. You need to change directories by typing at the prompt:
cd desktop and pressing Enter. Then use dir /x.

04/10/2005 23:10 <DIR> .
04/10/2005 23:10 <DIR> ..
24/04/2005 13:40 <DIR> HOUSEC~1 .housecall
01/10/2005 18:05 <DIR> LIMEWI~1 .limewire
14/06/2005 23:26 <DIR> AWC_CR~1 awc_crazydruid
04/10/2005 23:10 0 del
04/10/2005 19:49 <DIR> Desktop
26/08/2005 16:58 <DIR> FAVORI~1 Favorites
26/07/2005 22:25 <DIR> INCOMP~1 Incomplete
04/10/2005 19:52 <DIR> MYDOCU~1 My Documents
04/10/2005 20:16 8,388,608 ntuser.dat
04/10/2005 23:08 1,024 NTUSER~1.LOG ntuser.dat.LOG
28/09/2005 23:22 <DIR> STARTM~1 Start Menu
13/03/2005 11:36 <DIR> WINDOWS
3 File(s) 8,389,632 bytes
11 Dir(s) 108,984,459,264 bytes free

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[McTaffish]

Ok mate,my mistake.It's all double Dutch to me.Anyhow,i'm away for a few
days so i'm taking a break from this pesky thing.Back early next week so
will try the latest then.Cheers.

The below is not a directory of your Desktop, it is a directory of
C:\Documents and Settings\MARK. You need to change directories by typing
at the prompt:
cd desktop and pressing Enter. Then use dir /x.


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[zebloc]

Had DOS file that just would not leave. Found solution a
http://www.michna.com/kb/WxCannotDelete.htm . Go to Start>Al
Programs>Accessories>Command Prompt. Type cd..<Enter>
cd..<Enter> to get to C:\>_. Move to folder in question b
typing cd then route to file in question. Then type DEL and hi
<Enter>. Lots of other DOS commands incl. DIR, A:, D:, MKDIR
RDIR. Search Google for "Using XP Command Prompt" for more details