How to delete a stubborn file?

[ilyaz]

I have Win XP Home SP3. In one of the folders I'd like to delete, there is a
..png file, which, I suppose is corrupted: I cannot open it, rename or
delete. I rebooted in the Safe mode, tried to take ownership of this file to
no avail... It sits there unmovable.
Is there a way to delete a stubborn file that would not move?
Any suggestion is appreciated.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I have Win XP Home SP3. In one of the folders I'd like to delete,
there is a .png file, which, I suppose is corrupted: I cannot open
it, rename or delete. I rebooted in the Safe mode, tried to take
ownership of this file to no avail... It sits there unmovable.
Is there a way to delete a stubborn file that would not move?
Any suggestion is appreciated.

http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/

 

[ilyaz]

Shenan,
thanks for your suggestion. I downloaded Unlocker, but it "did not find any
handles" and was unable to perform either delete, move or rename this
file...
Anything else I may try?

Ilya

 

[philo]

I have Win XP Home SP3. In one of the folders I'd like to delete, there is a
.png file, which, I suppose is corrupted: I cannot open it, rename or
delete. I rebooted in the Safe mode, tried to take ownership of this file to
no avail... It sits there unmovable.
Is there a way to delete a stubborn file that would not move?
Any suggestion is appreciated.

If it's corrupted due to a logical drive error

open a command prompt then type


chkdsk /f

say "yes" when asked if you want to schedule chkdsk at the next boot


then reboot and let chkdsk run

any logical errors should be corrected
and the file should either be gone or else it should be deletable

 

[ilyaz]

philo,
thanks a lot for your suggestion! It worked! Got rid of the file...
Appreciate your help!
Ilya

 

[ilyaz]

Don,

as I said to philo, his suggestion helped, so I did not try your way. But
the next time I have such a problem, I'll try it.

Thanks for your input!

Ilya

You might give this a try:

Start
Run
type cmd

It will default to the C: drive

If you need to change drives

type drive letter and a colon, i.e., changing to the D drive

d:

Now try typing

del and the file name.


--
Don - Windows XP Pro® SP 3
Vancouver, USA

Shenan,
thanks for your suggestion. I downloaded Unlocker, but it "did not find
any handles" and was unable to perform either delete, move or rename this
file...
Anything else I may try?

Ilya

 

[philo]

philo,
thanks a lot for your suggestion! It worked! Got rid of the file...
Appreciate your help!
Ilya

Glad it worked and thanks for posting back