file deletion

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.

Hi Everybody, I have a basic question. This is probably all very normal, but as far as I can remember there are only three possible users on my compute .... "me", a "guest", and a mysterious "Administrator". But, My "C:\User\" DIRECTORY shows a bunch of users I don't recognize, and although...

Hello again, Possibly unusual problem: I had Windows 7 re-installed to C: recently by a computer shop. I don't know how it happened, but some system files from the previous installation are on drive D: taking up over 8MB of space. I imagine this is the saved copy of the old system which...

I am having trouble deleting two files. I could not work out why I couldn't delete the first file (a photo), and then it happened again, so it became obvious what I had done wrong. It was in my "incoming" folder in a P2P file sharing program, and I made the mistake of renaming the file after I...

How do I delete all files except for those who has the [!] in their file names? EDIT: Found a workaround. It's a free program called Bulk File Manager v1.6.

After having disabled the option "protect my system folders) I had a look on my folders and found 4 (!) different RECYCLE BINs on my second, non-system partition D: Have a look at the attached snapshot of my WinExplorer view and the corresponding listing with "dir /a". Why are there so many...

Hi This isn't really a request for help, more curiosity. This morning I deleted a folder that I though was out of date and I emptied the recycle bin. Only after that did I realize that there was another folder in it that I did need. I've never used Recuva but I downloaded it and tried to see...

Situation: Secondary HDD contains previous installation's Windows folder which my current Win10 account cannot delete even as admin. Solution: I'm assuming that I'd need to first take ownership then change the permissions to give full control. However this is an old hard drive, and since my...

We anticipate threats like files being deleted from servers by disgruntled employees. 1. Can someone suggest what preventive measures that can be implemented ? (DLP implementation is in pipeline, but would like to see if there are alternate measures) 2. If somehow files are deleted, we would...

I have downloaded some movies to a thumb drive the last couple months and notice my hard drive space is decreasing quickly even though the download is going to an exterior flash drive. Is there a temporary memory place somewhere on my hard drive storing this data? I want to delete it if so.

Assume I have an external hard disk with one (backup) partition which is currently mounted as drive Q:\ Now I right-click on the Recycle Bin icon on my desktop, then select Properties--->Drive Q: and enable "Don't move files to the recycleBin. Remoive files immediately when deleted" Much to...

Hello,, My uncle asked me to help him with his HP Pavilion laptop that was upgraded to Windows 10 (presuming he had Windows 7 before but don't really know). Although Windows 10 is working just fine and he has 80 -90% of his hard drive space still free, he is now getting disk space full...

I am uncertain what the differences are between System Restore Points and Shadow Copies. Actually I need only System Restore Points. 1.) Can I use SRP without (!) Shadow Copies? 2.) When Shadow copies always necessary: Why are SRP invented? Why not using Shadow Copies only? 3.) Assume I...

Hello, When I double click the recycle bin, it is opened by Windows Media Centre. There I cannot get a proper list and delete folders or empty it. Why can I not open it with Windows explorer, like anything else and then just delete things? Please advise. Thanks, Rob

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...

An investigation of my 64bit Win 7 systems shows that the folder C:\Windows\assembyl\NativeImages_v2.0.50727_64\Temp\ has almost 12 GB content. I have never seen such a big space occupation before (for a Windows "Temp") directory. I must have bloated in the last weeks. What could be the...

Currently when I delete a file in WinExplorer then no confirmation appears. How can I tell Win8 to show a confirmation prompt? Peter

Hi Today I was trying to delete some old video project folders. I had one folder that had dozens of files created by Adobe Premiere Elements that I don't need to keep anymore. The thing was that every time I tried to delete them I got a message saying that the file names were too long to...

Hello all. I downloaded what I believe is the Windows 10 installer after clicking the Windows 10 icon in the system tray. After this happened I changed my mind and decided not to install it, so I have not installed Windows 10. My problem is that every time I start Windows Update now I get a...

how can I delete lots of Msi temp dates? like MSI4ea05.tmp 0 Bit MSI4e639.tmp 0 Bit MSI4ef4a.tmp 0 bit from Win 10?