file deletion

  1. seekermeister

    Windows XP Removing The Removal Tool

    Every time I run Secunia PSI, it squawks about the Microsoft Removal Tool Blaster/Nachi as being discontinued. Therefore obviously it is unable to update it, however I have not found a means to remove it either. I is not listed in Add/Remove Programs, and when I located the file itself and...
  2. Saltgrass

    Windows 8 Anyone else seeing this error - Failed to schedule Software Protection service

    I seem to be getting many of these errors lately and they seem to have started on Aug. 8. When I say many, I mean like 100 an hour showing in Event Viewer. I have been researching and the fix appears to be deleting some files in a specific directory and using ones from the install.wim file to...
  3. G

    Windows 7 "$RECYCLE.BIN" created in all of my hdd drives

    Hi Everyone ! I am using Windows 7 ultimate x64. My sister plugged a memory card into my laptop some days ago. Since then, there is a folder "$RECYCLE.BIN" created in all of my hdd drives. I delete that folder but it reappears whenever laptop is restarted. Its really annoying me right now. Any...
  4. R

    Windows 7 3 more Win7 questions

    When starting Windows Live Mail, I get this msg ->initialization of RSS feed support failed. What needs changed to get rid of this? Also I have my "Alerts" set lowest in UAC but I still get a msg at the start of every program I start asking me if I want to start it. How can I set it so I can...
  5. H

    Windows 7 Backing out of a failed Win7 installation

    How do I back out of a failed Win7 install attempt? I started a Win7 installation on an XP system and some files were installed on my c:\ drive that force me to chose between proceeding with the Win7 install or using XP. Because of the error messages that the Win7 install generates, I'd like...
  6. C

    Windows 7 Thousands of files in "Music" Library - Windows 7 Pro

    One of the four basic Libraries is Music. I found thousands (yes!) files in that Library, most of them I have no idea about and have absolutely nothing to do with music. Windows said they are references and deleting them will not remove the actual file from the PC. I found that incorrect, I...
  7. News

    Deleted file is still displayed in the Documents library in Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2

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  8. C

    Windows 7 NTFS Permissions - Need some help

    Im confusing myself on these ntfs permissions. Is there an easy way to allow a specific group rw access to one file in a folder full of other files but only have ro access on all other files...without changing the permissions on each file? The problem I have is we have a folder organized...
  9. E

    Windows 7 Folder Permissions for Dropbox (_not_ the website) Revisited

    In my original post for creating a dropbox [folder], the client wanted a user to be able to be able to drop-only files 9mostly Word) into the folder, yet still be able to browse the contents of the folder. I have set permissions as below: administrator -- full control everyone-allow -- List...
  10. paradive

    Windows 7 remove unseen files

    i have a huge mp3 library. in it are A LOT of "desktop.ini" files i'd like to delete. i have "show hidden files" ticked, but i still can't pull them up to delete them. any ideas? EDIT: got it. thank god for the Search Everything utility.
  11. U

    Windows 7 Getting back a deleted windows service

    Hello people, I have had a problem for months now, that sometimes data wouldn't copy or be deleted if they had anything to do with installing before. For example, if a program autoupdates itself and downloads his new .exe, then it might be unable to delete the old one, and the update failed...
  12. T

    Windows 8 How to have computer ask "do you really want to delete this file"

    In Windows 7, you know, The "Olden days", when I asked the computer to delete a file, a window would open up and say something to the effect of "do you really want to delete this file?" I liked that. If I am working really fast, and I usually am, I like having my machine slow me down just a tad...
  13. 7UP

    Windows 7 corrupt file hunter / killer

    hi all! If you're like me, sometimes corrupt files make navigating a folder a huge headache. I'm trying to organize thousands of files, and amalgamate all files onto one hard drive. What I would like, is some app, or method, that tracks down potential problem files, and deletes them or...
  14. B

    Windows 7 bottomless pit of folders Please help!!!

    Hi everyone, I currently have a problem with what appears to be recurring folders. I have the main folder which then shows a folder inside that, then another inside that, then another inside that until I come to about 7-8 folders. opening any of these and the you end up opening one folder...
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    Windows 7 bottomless pit of folders Please help!!!

    Hi everyone, I currently have a problem with what appears to be recurring folders. I have the main folder which then shows a folder inside that, then another inside that, then another inside that until I come to about 7-8 folders. opening any of these and the you end up opening one folder...
  16. I

    Windows 7 Frustrations with Windows 7: Odd Deletion Issues and Update Interruptions

    I go to delete a file and Microsoft says 'preparing to delete'. No preparation was needed, its a 10kb file. So its very simple, delete the file win7, ive already closed the program that was using it (and confirmed in task manager). If its another program, then tell me what it is. MS shenanigans...
  17. C

    Windows 7 Two Pages are printed out on our printer and we would like one of them to be deleted as its computer

    My mom has a Windows 7 Home Premium Service Pack 1 with 64 Bit and she has Microsoft Windows Office 2007. The problem that we are having is that after we print out a photo or document on the Epson Stylus NX515 printer the photo or document comes out fine but then there's another page afterwards...
  18. eddified

    Windows 7 Suddenly there is lots of extra hard drive space!

    I have an extra logical drive (separate from C: ) that holds my personal data, you know, pictures, home videos, personal documents etc. This drive, E:, has for the last year or so always shown up in explorer with red a red disk space indicator bar. (There was about 20GB of free space left)...
  19. C

    Windows 7 Deleting a specific file when W7 is shut down

    Hello, I have some basics of programming but I don’t really know anything about Windows 7 scripting, so here’s my question: How can I make it so that a specific file (FNTCACHE.DAT if you’re interested but I doubt it’s important) is deleted everytime I shut down Windows? I guess it would have...
  20. P

    Windows 7 Can't move or delete files on portable USB 2.5" drive

    I run Win 7 on a Dell XPS M1530 running on AC power. I attached an Iomega USB 2.5" portable drive and booted up. This drive worked OK when last used with a desktop PC. I wanted to delete unused and old files from the drive, but can't. I also can't transfer them to the laptop. They do open...
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