delete issues

When I move some nds files to the folders and what I got I can't delete it, it used Unlocker and it's not working, Help me

This is happening with one specific word doc (a book of mine) over last few weeks. It will open but I cant delete, rename or move it. I really need to get rid of it as it is preventing me from saving newer versions - even if I alter the name for the new version!!. It seems like it is picking up...

Idk wth is going on but its getting extremely annoying... I have a folder "neard" in c:\ so its c:\neard\ and its a lamp stack. every time I try to delete a folder/file in c:\neard\www it get a administrator required and then it still fails. I've tried setting the permissions and they all show...

I really didn't expect this. I had a 3tb drive that was partitioned into two smaller drives. I decided to dump both and bring the drive back into a full drive, obviously losing one drive letter. The problem now, is I neglected to delete all the quick access shortcuts. I use these quite a bit...

Suddenly a white bar on the top of the desktop appeared as shown on the attached. It is a search bar & there is no way to delete it. Can you help to get rid of it please? .......thanx .......nick

Dear All, I have been searching a solution for this strange issue for long. I'm an IT Admin in a windows domain where few PCs are affected with this issue. When users delete files, it gets deleted permanently and do not go to Recycle Bin. Users do get alert that file will be deleted...

Hi. when I run a *.* on my User folder I get a file on my desktop that wont delete. It does not show up in the actual desktop while in explorer. It shows up when I run a *.* or any text in the file name. When I try to delete the file I get a "Could not find this item." What does this mean? is...

Hi Guys, I have a file that I can not delete. It is an .avi file that will not run in Media Player Classic or VLC so I figure that it is no good BUT I can't delete it. I went into dos and deleted it there or so I thought but all it did was get dos flashing a prompt dash. I had deleted a couple...

For some reason I can't delete or move or rename a .mkv file. It says "The action cannot be completed because the file is open in another program Close the file and try again" I've tried rebooting in safe mode and still get the same message. I was wanting to move this file to another drive...

Fixes an issue in which stale user profile folders are not deleted completely if the "Delete user profiles older than a specified number of days on system restart" Group Policy is applied. This issue occurs on a computer that is running Windows 7 or... More...

I have a file on my desktop that is called "Awesome." If I go to the properties, it says the file type is "File (.)" If I try to delete it it says "Could not find this item. It is no longer located in (my desktop directory) Verify the item's location and try again. I looked everywhere and...

Since 2 days, in a certain folder, I cant rename, move or delete folders or files. Now, it has spread to my desktop as well. If I rename a folder, even a new folder, the name changes ''magically'' within seconds to restore to its previous name. If I move the folder or file, it comes back and...

Resolves an issue in which temporary Office files that are stored on a file server that is running Windows Server 2003 may not be deleted. Occurs when you use some versions of Office on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 to... More...

Dear guys WinRar often extracts files, especially MP3 with foreign Unicode names i.e.: 01 Дорожка 1.mp3 This obviously comes from a Russian OS. This Russian name displays perfectly in Explorer. No software, not even windows explorer can open. read or rename or even delete it. When...

Hey guys! I have a strange problem: I downloaded a music clip (file size 33mb) from youtube to the desktop and now when I wanted to delete it widnows was only saying preparing to delete and nothing happens... I even left it about 5-10mins to prepare the delete and nothing happened... The...

I have a .mkv video file which I cannot rename, move, or delete. Every time I do so this message shows: "The action cannot be completed because the file is open in windows explorer. Close the file and try again." If I try to delete the folder, a similar message pops up saying that a file is in...

Hi, I have a bunch of files that start with a ~ symbol and are all 1kb in size. I can't delete, move or rename them. I get a message saying they can't be found. I tried unlocker but it doesn't help. Any ideas? Thanks

WHY is it that when I try to delete a file or folder it won't delete because "it is open in another program". It is not, BUT it has been. OR it is now open in Windows Explorer in that I am looking at the file list. This especially happens because when the file THUMBS is present, but will...

Dear Windows 7-friends, i have a (little?) problem with my Windows 7 Build 7100. There are three files, that cannot be deleted (all of them on desktop) If i try to delete them, it opens a windows saying: "Recycling" (German: "Recyclen von...") This window won't close automatically, i...

I'm running Window 7, build 7600 I believe. Here are my problems: 1.) Recently I've been having this problem where explorer doesn't refresh--sometimes. For example, when I delete or move an item, it doesn't change on the screen until I manually refresh with F5. Sometimes this happens...