D
Dick K
I'd be grateful for assistance in getting rid of an
"undeletable" file on a Windows XP MCE laptop with an
NTFS file system.
"c:\AVP8\avp.09.03_08:35_1e16.ALL" is the fully
qualified filename. (The folder "AVP8" originally
appeared in and was subsequently moved from
"...\All Users\Application Data\Kaspersky Lab").
In File Properties the file size is shown as 0 bytes
and the only tab displayed is "General", though my
admin account has full control of the folder "AVP8".
The problem surfaced when Disk Defragmenter reported
that the file could not be defragmented and occupied
45MB in 59 fragments.
Attempts to delete the file in Explorer failed with
the message "Cannot delete file: Cannot read from the
source file or disk". "Copy" and "Rename" failed in a
similar fashion.
Attempts to delete the file with "unlocker" and EMCO
"moveonboot" were ineffective, as was running
"chkdsk /f /r", which reported that the volume was
clean.
An attempt to delete the file in the command console
using the command "del \\?\c:\AVP8\*.*" failed with
the error message "The system cannot find the file
specified".
Having cloned the disk an attempt to restore it from
a Ghost 2003 image failed with an "inconsistency".
Luckily an Acronis image restored successfully.
If possible I'd like to avoid going back to a clone
which predates the creation of the offending file.
"undeletable" file on a Windows XP MCE laptop with an
NTFS file system.
"c:\AVP8\avp.09.03_08:35_1e16.ALL" is the fully
qualified filename. (The folder "AVP8" originally
appeared in and was subsequently moved from
"...\All Users\Application Data\Kaspersky Lab").
In File Properties the file size is shown as 0 bytes
and the only tab displayed is "General", though my
admin account has full control of the folder "AVP8".
The problem surfaced when Disk Defragmenter reported
that the file could not be defragmented and occupied
45MB in 59 fragments.
Attempts to delete the file in Explorer failed with
the message "Cannot delete file: Cannot read from the
source file or disk". "Copy" and "Rename" failed in a
similar fashion.
Attempts to delete the file with "unlocker" and EMCO
"moveonboot" were ineffective, as was running
"chkdsk /f /r", which reported that the volume was
clean.
An attempt to delete the file in the command console
using the command "del \\?\c:\AVP8\*.*" failed with
the error message "The system cannot find the file
specified".
Having cloned the disk an attempt to restore it from
a Ghost 2003 image failed with an "inconsistency".
Luckily an Acronis image restored successfully.
If possible I'd like to avoid going back to a clone
which predates the creation of the offending file.