file deletion

Because my movie cataloging program isn't compatible with .tif images, I had to convert them to an acceptable type. This resulted in multiple images for each movie. That wasn't a problem until I recently started using their cloud database service, which complains about the .tifs every time...

Since Microsoft is removing the Backup utility from Windows 8.1, I have been exploring alternatives to that very useful utility. I know there are third party utilities that will work fine, but I would rather stay with a native version, if possible. It seems the utility WBADMIN is capable of...

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...

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...

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...

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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...

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...

In C:\users\user I see a file called 'private' which is 10 gigabytes long. Does this originate from a Windows 7 process? If so, can I safely delete it?

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.

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...

Hi All, I just wanted to confirm something for peace of mind before proceeding... Basically I want to make 100% sure that its okay to permantly delete EVERYTHING that can be found at this address: Local Disk(C:)/Users/<Username>/Appdata/Local/Temp/ Obviously I will leave the folder "temp"...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Hi all, I use a LG N2A2 NAS within my home network along with various other wireless gadgets and external HDDs attached to main desktop PC. When i checked my NAS for a file, i noticed a new network folder "Seagate usb-1" along with Multimedia,My SQL, Service, Share etc.... when clicking on my...

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...

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)...