file deletion

First let me say that I am a developer who was recently given the job of IT Manager (so-to-speak) and I do have some IT knowledge, but my server knowledge is very weak. So my first issue is that we have some old archived files that need to be restored. The process is to go to the backup...

Hello! I need to recursively to remove all extensions PRG and P00 on single partition. I know that recursively can work XCOPY, but renaming is other task. How to create batch to remove all these extensions of files and folders (if exist) recursively? Thank you for each help, suggestion or...

Hi I'm still trying to get rid of the Avast folders on my wife's laptop. I decided to try and remove it using the command prompt, or the Power Shell in this case. What I want to delete is the folder at C:\Windows\Program Files\AVAST Software "Avast Software" is the folder I want to delete...

Dear Users, my notebook`s Drive C: is decreasing withing minutes! I deleted a lot of things, and i had forexample 2 GB space! then it becomes 135Mb and when i Refresh the Windows Explorer! it is decreasing withing seconds! what can be the problem?!

Hi My wife's new Dell computer came with Avast Antivirus installed. Avast is practically a virus itself. It keeps popping up windows that want you to upgrade to pay service etc. It's a real pain. It has no uninstall function if you try to uninstall it in the normal way it just gives you the...

I have duplicate transferred files from another computer , along with duplicate data from my WM6.5 phone and duplicate photos from my camera my hard drive. I am running Windows 7, and looking for a way to compile, sort out the many duplicate files I have created over time, by making numerous...

Hi Members i bought a new laptop this week its brand new when i click the folder its automatically deleting the Popup is open when i click any file any folder its asking delete option yes or no kindly please guide me to solve the issue.

I figured out how to stop win7 from asking if I really want to delete a file - I have not been able to stop it from asking when I delete a book title off of my mp3 player while attached to my pc. Any ideas?

Running windows 8 64 bit. Completely updated. Not quite sure what is going on but I have a massive 128GB file named FlashUtilOActmveX*dll that I cannot delete. Not even sure what it is but when I got to delete I get some weird error messages. Any help on what this is and how to get rid of it...

So I decided to do some cleaning in my PC. But one thing that has been bothering me a long time and was afraid to delete them, are some folders with long names containing random numbers and letters on my Local Disk. Examples: 0e42926df47d3dd246932dc8c69d1c 92b0cc202300988ef32292...

So I turned off my PC overnight, when I woke up today instead of welcoming me in, my screen also said: Prepairing your desktop. Next thing I know my entire desktop files and folders were deleted and my background is black (happens everytime I turn on my PC now). I still have all of my files, but...

I'm having to create a set of batch files for a class. My instructor is no help. I have included the assignment. Is there anyone out there who can help me? 1. Create a batch file called DD.BAT. This batch file should display the files on the root of the HOMEWORK drive in date order with the...

It seems to me that the well known command sfc /scannow ..... appends all logmessages to a possibly already existing CBS.LOG file rather than create a new logfile. Is this correct? So if I want to have a fresh logfile just with the results from the last sfc run I have to manually delete the...

hey guys trying to reset my Windows 10 from the recovery options as I'm selling half way through the reset a page popped up saying not all files could be deleted and to try again but it won't let me past that page. Tried numerous keys on the keypad and mouse doesn't work. Any way to fix...

Hello: I am trying to sell a computer to someone else, and want to more or less sanitize my personal info from the computer. I secure-deleted the files with sensitive info, uninstalled my financial software, and then ran a program like Eraser that claimed to effectively wipe all free space. I...

I don't really know how to describe it but svchost is making hundreds of 100mb files with weird names (see screenshot) Until there's no space left in my hard disk! I formatted disk f to see what happens and I saw 50+MBPS write speed on front of svchost.exe(IN TASK MANAGER) and within hour disk f...

I just now noticed it says under Hard Disk OS(C:) 169GB free of 684 GB. I have no clue how much free space I have left, is 168 GB not very much space? Also is there any way to free up. I did delete all my Downloaded videos, I know they were taking alot of space, that is when it said 169GB...

To keep the story short (and avoid embarrassment to myself)... I have a file (.exe) to which everyone supposedly has full permissions, except that with explorer I cannot delete it, copy it, or move it. I can take ownership of it, but the same situation still exists. I **know** (because there...

I have a Lenovo G510 PC and have for some time been upgraded to Windows 10, but have problems including With Windows Update, when an error message appears and it does not update. I have run disk cleanup and see that there are many files etc that I can delete. The 3 pictures show it. It is among...

I want to delete two massive videos (155 GB combined), but when I press delete, it starts the usual 'Preparing to move items to the Recycle Bin' procedure, and during that, it gets stuck on the 'Discovering items' part. Please help. Thanks in advance.