file deletion

This error message is driving me crazy "the action can't be completed because the file is open in windows explorer" i downloaded anime the format is mkv, iv downloaded many mkv anime series, just this one won't let me delete it, iv restarted my computer, same error, i even tried safe mode but...

After installing Windows 7 I am trying to clean out old folders one of which is "Windows Live One Care Back Up". I am the only user listed and the only one listed as the "Administrator" so why when I try to delete this file I get a pop-up saying I am not authorised and check with System...

I got a discount price on a win7 upgrade cause I am in college. I had 32bit vista. I chose the 64bit win7 upgrade cause my pc can handle it easily. I understand to go from 32 to 64 a clean install is needed. So today I did the upgrade, and thought I did a clean install. I have two hard...

Windows 7 - new installation on OE new computer Windows Media Player Library I have some photo files that I have deleted , including the original sample photos - Penguines, chrysanthimums etc The files and folder are not there but when I open windows media library the thumbnails are still...

I've got Win7 Ultimate installed on two machines. The desktop runs the 32-bit version. The laptop runs the 64-bit version. Whenever I select files and delete them (either using right-click-delete or using the keyboard delete key), a message box pops ups with the status of the delete as...

Hello, i Have been using Windows 7 since it has come out and on the whole I am pleased save for a problem that has come up recently. I routinely download large files that are rar'd with Winrar. This is an application that reduces files like winzip. Well I have dealt with hundreds of these over...

I recently used a special tool designed to fully remove all traces of .NET framework from a Windows 7 install. I did this because I believed the files to be corrupted. I then tried to reinstall 2.0 because I need it for a program to work properly. Only I can't reinstall because the operating...

I have downloaded W7 from a few places and I cannot get the ei.cfg trick to work. I have tried two ways. BTW, I use magic ISO, which I am starting to believe is the problem. I d/l the ISO and open it with MI, then delete the ei.cfg file and save as an ISO file, burn to DVD. That gives me a...

I've just changed to 64 bit from my previous 32 bit system via a clean install. My question. Is it OK to delete the "Windows Old" file which takes up 60gb on my hard drive? I have done this before and it was OK, I just wondered if there was an issue with the transfer to 64 bit format.

Sooo I've never seen this problem and I don't really know where to start with it. I have two hard drives, Windows on the C and media on S, I decided to clear some space on S, as it was 4/5 full, and deleted a folder that was about 80 gigabytes. The weird thing is it went to the recycle bin...

I have 2 sets of these from repeated failed Windows 7 installs now and while it says I should go ahead and delete them, I cannot get them to go away for the life of me! I have tried doing the disk cleanup, but I don't have the option to clean up the previous Windows installation files. Any...

the person I got my HTPC from partitioned the HD into 3 ---- in/on the 2nd one he installed W. Vista that someone gave him and he had the understanding that it was "good to go" BUT then found out that after awhile he could not use it because it wanted something he did not have...............I...

Hi, I'm having this issue since I moved to W2008 R2 64 bits. I was using W2008 X64 before and it worked absolutely fine. As I'm using W7 X86 on my notebook since it was available on the MSDN website as a RTM version, I thought I would like to have a homogeneous working environment so decided to...

I've d/l a mpg file from the SRV and J.Satriani unplugged....i've copied the file to a different location but can't seem to delete the downloaded file. Acces denied and need admin rights etc....anybody any idea's. Cheers

Fairly recent install on new hardware. Dual boot with XP, which works fine and is running a separate physical drive. Whenever I try to delete anything through explorer, I get the infamous "Windows Explorer has stopped working" message. Deleting through command prompt works fine for the most...

Hi all, I have installed Windows 7 Professional x86 on a Toshiba Tecra laptop. I started to install the Windows updates, everything went fine, but there are three folders made on the C:\ partition, with strange names like 2d969cde1b9d6621ae626318ce13. AFAIK, these folders contain files needed...

New member here,got a W7 install issue. First time I installed W7 I did a clean install but I guess I chose the wrong drive partition,(it's not obvious what to use!)as it wound up in my recovery D disk. So all 15 GB's are used up. I did subsequently reinstall,again doing a clean install over...

Sooooo I have no idea why this file will not delete. I had a simple .wav file called welcome.wav It was placed on the desktop When making a copy of it, (the copy was on the desktop, too) I accidentally named it "welcome.wav." If you can't see, this copied file had a period at the end of it...

Hello. I've installed W7 RC edition. But lately it have been running checkdisk at startup after a forced reboot (due to lockup or BSOD). And 2 times now it has deleted personal files like .mp3, .jpg, .mkv and stuff like that. Never had the problem with the beta 7100 version, so I installed...

To test out another problem I was facing, I created a new user account. Now I have no use for that account, so I deleted it, but just to be on the safe side I chose to keep all files from the account. So, Windows created a folder on my desktop with the old account's name, and in it were the...