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    Windows 7 Can I delete these?

    I have a folder on my hard drive the is called Dell and inside of the folder there is another called Drivers and inside that folder there are 14 files that start with R followed by 6 numbers which were placed them from the Dell website to update some drivers on my computer and I was wondering if...
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    Windows 7 how to find another instance of a program running

    I have been trying to install a weather programme. I have had a lot of problems so un-installed it. When I try to manually delete a few remaining files I get a message that "Error:other instance of the program's .exe file is running. Program will be terminated." How do I find this to get rid of...
  3. Windows 7 can't delete playlist from playlist menu in WMP 12

    ok, it's not the end of the world, just a real big annoyance. the playlist itself doesn't exist. i deleted it, emptied the recycle bin.... it is GONE. but WMP doesn't think so. it still shows up in the playlist pane. double clicking it does nothing. nor does "open file location" or...
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    Windows 7 difference between format,quick format and delete.

    plz any one provide the information about delete,format,quick format in technical terms.
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    Windows 7 How do I delete file(s) from the Windows 7 Backup Set?

    BitDefender 2010 AV found an infected file in my Windows 7 backup set. BD AV 'said' it couldn't delete that file because it wasn't run from an administrator account. (I am checking this issue with BitDefender technical support.) My question for this forum: How do I 'manually' delete/remove...
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    Windows 7 i am unable to delete matroska files .

    i have some movies or shows i have downloaded , and after watching them , i was unable to delete them . i have tried running cmd.exe but it it didn't work . it said the file can not be accessed . when i try to delete it it says that the file is open on windows explorer . i tried reading...
  7. Windows 7 Windows 7 and Windows Media Player

    Hi I gotta a bit of an issue, Last night I deleted some of my songs (tracks) from Windows media player that I didn't want. But I deleted them strait from their folder in the Music folder, But they are still in Windows media player, and when you play them they can't and a massge comes up...
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    Windows 7 How do i delete a network i regret setting up

    About a month ago now i tried to setup a network in my house but i want to delete it but i cant seem to be able to do that. I want my wireless internet to connect directly to my internet instead of connecting to native wifi default profile, which connects to the internet. I tried going to...
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    Windows 7 Icons will not delete

    Hi Gang Well it has been a while since I have posted on here, because things were ruining smooth for the longest time. Till now. :-) I will try to make this a short as possible but still give you enough info to figure this out hopefully. I have several Icons/programs that I cannot remove from...
  10. Windows 7 Can not delete folder. Tried DropPermission, no joy

    I tried to delete a folder and Windows comes with those irritating messages that the folder is in use, while it is not. I tried Droppermissions, but after I run that on the folder i can still not delete it.:( I read on this forum about Unlocker, but that does not seem to work on windows 7...
  11. Windows 7 delete primary partition

    I creatrd a partition using Spotmau Partition Genius for backup until I could get an external hard drive. When I click the partition in the program ti says "Unallocated". I can't do anything with the partition and it is not visible in Windows. I would like to know how to delete it and create a...
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    Windows 7 Ghost files

    I have what I would call “Ghost Files” in my Documents directory. These were left over after I moved the original document to another location and I can’t seem to be able to delete them. They are a combination of MS Word documents, video or Excel items. The pop-up box tells me “This is no...
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    Windows 7 Folder has shortcut to Itself inside and will not delete

    Hi all, I solved my own problem but I thought that I would post the solution here. I did not see anything on the net for the issue I was having but I am sure it comes up from time to time. I accidentally created a shortcut inside a folder to itself. I was clicking on the file path at the top...
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    Windows 7 How can I delete my account from www.windows7forums.com???

    as you see in the title...says all:D
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    Windows 7 Can't delete folders

    After a lot copying file from my old computer to new Windows7 computer. I must have messed up because I now have in my c: drive: c:\Program Files 6/20/2010 4:27 PM c:\Program Files 6/20/2010 3:01 PM c:\Program Files(x86) 6/20/2010 1:50 AM This should be easy to fix...
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    Windows 7 How to delete

    After copy a lot copying file from my old computer to new Windows7 computer. I must have messed up because I now have in my c: drive: c:\Program Files 6/20/2010 4:27 PM c:\Program Files 6/20/2010 3:01 PM c:\Program Files(x86) 6/20/2010 1:50 AM This should be easy to...
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    Windows 7 Delete confirmation

    Does anybody know how to switch off the popup that asks you to confirm when you delete a file(s)?I have disabled this option on vista but on 7 I don't know how to...
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    Windows 7 Windows Explorer toolbar?

    I cannot find the Windows Explorer conventional toolbar. I cannot find, for example, any way to get the DELETE button onto the existing "toolbar". Under ORGANIZE, there is DELETE showing a red X symbol for DELETE. How do I get that & other actions on a toolbar? Thanks.
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    Windows 7 Please disregard. Couldn't figure out how to delete this post.

    This is my first post. I inadvertently posted this twice and I couldn't figure out how to delete one of them. Sorry. Please see other post titled System Protection settings.
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    Windows 7 What is this folder?

    What is this folder: C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution? When I open it I see a bunch of files such as: AuthCabs, DataStore, Download, EventCache, PostBootEvenCache, SelfUpdate, WuRedir and RepotingEvents, but what are these for? Can I delete the files in the Download folder?