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WINDOWS 95 SETUP/Hidden files..
The MS-DOS Fdisk program reports an NTFS partition as an OS/2 high-performance file system (HPFS) partition. - You cannot modify or delete an NTFS primary deleted all the application files etc...done the Windows 95 installation on it, but however found out that some of the old files were still on the Hard disk,

Outlook Express 6 Locked Up? Help Please
David xtcgo...@verizon.net microsoft public windows vista security Why dont you try to move all the files you want to save to your primary hard drive, The file folders have 25 or so number filenames. In the folder is a file called "update". It may be a Microsoft file. How can I delete these old files? Thanks.

Problems with file types in Explorer... Help!
I cannot delete either folder. They are empty but Win XP says they are part of the windows system files and cannot be deleted. I tried renaming them but that doesn't change anything. I am the administrator, how do you get rid of these old files?

*Deleting Files: system claims they are "in use".
jonzdust jon...@tcnj.edu microsoft public windows inetexplorer ie5 browser When I select Command Prompt Only the prompt automatically takes me to I have tried running the repair tool provided with IE, but although it did let me delete the old files, I now cannot delete any of the new files that are logged.

Cannot delete file on USB HD
Jim C. Pickering jimpicker...@home.com microsoft public windows inetexplorer ie5 outlookexpress ( used MBX and IDX files and a file called folders.nch ~ and Do not delete any dbx files unless you are absolutely certain you will not need them again and in any case, you cannot delete them unless OE is closed

Cannot delete PDF's over network
I said, well thats funny, that is the only folder that is important, and I cannot delete. DELL said the only way for me to get my files is for me to use my Probable Cause: My friend believes that since the my documents folder of my old harddrive was set up as the administrator, windows xp encrypted it so that

Cannot delete partition!?!
It does still opne but now has basically locked up and I cannot delete or compact files. Saw a thread about how to go through Windows Explorer and view hidden files and delete through there. Was to look for a dbx. file and could not find any. Anyone available to help? Evidently I have some old files saved in OE

Chkdsk not running
Then I deleted the old profile and said yes when it asked me if I wanted windows to save the old files in a folder on my desktop. Although the old profile was giving When I try, I get the following error message. "Bob is a windows system folder and is required for Windows to run properly. It cannot be deleted.

Access Denied
Cannot delete fonts in Windows folder; error message says cannot find "old file." Hope you can help. Getting desperate. Paul Paul McNellis wrote: I open up the fonts folder in windows (98) and there is also a Corel fonts subdirectory. In the windows folder there are files with TTF and ttf extensions.

HELP Deleted Files
"Lordfire" <does_not_w...@lordfire.de> wrote in news:bma49a$jqppc$1 @news.hansenet.net: Do you have _everything_ (except maybe antivirus software) closed when you try to delete these old files? (so nothing else is using them). yes - it even happens in recovery console ..... Are they really there? (does the Windows

Deleting old files
I tried to follow the instructions at http://support.microsoft. com/support/kb/articles/q241/1/22.asp but I cannot delete the wuv3is.dll file as required. Please help. If Windows rejects deletion of a file, it's likely in use. START|SHUT DOWN to DOS and delete it from there. Or rename the old file - for safekeeping.

File conflict in Windows
John Dean Fujioka wrote: The exact dos message when I type del file.fil is File not found when I type ren fil.old file.fil is Duplicate file name or file in I want to delete a file... nobody is accessing it.. in dos it says there is a network error, in windows explorer, it says file not found, cannot delete..

Cannot delete 'compress old files' in disc cleanup
File.delete(). The following code always throws an exeption. The file cannot be deleted. I am running windows 98 and the program is an application, not an applet //Delete the old file if(!f.delete()) { // This is the line that causes problems throw new RuntimeException("Cannot Delete"); } } catch(IOException e)

Safe to delete Identities folders in Windows?
When I rebooted, Chkdsk (called by disk doctor?)put some of the old files with invalid file names back. I can't get rid of these files. How can they be deleted? It says ,"Cannot delete file ADOBE/RB1: Cannot find the specified file. Make sure you specify the correct path and filename.

XP reinstall - cannot delete c partition
... a file on Win32, do applications continue accessing the old file contents if they had the file open before the unlink? I'm pretty sure it errors with 'file in use'. Pretty ugly, huh? Yeah - the windows filesystem is pretty poor when it comes to multiuser access. That's why even as administrator I cannot delete

I've got a directory I can't move or delete - now what?
If above is as I say, then of course you will have previously saved any old files from the CDRW that you want to keep, to your HardDrive. All have been failures - that is, the files are still read-only and I cannot delete any files. I am totally frustrated. I am probably going to try the free download from Nero

Delete old document & settings sub folders
Just a little bit ago, I went to my FTP root to clean things up and get rid of old files I didn't need up there any more...and I see now why I had the activity The error is: "Cannot delete file: Cannot read from the source file or disk." When I look at the properties of the folders, they have nothing in the

File Deleting Problem
I'm familiar with some comands but cant get all the old files to delete. please let me know what command to use at the C prompt to get this done. Ive got the CD rom diskette to get the cd rom installed after I delete windows. Thank you very much in advance. My kids are really bugging me to get this done.

Temporary Internet Files won't delete ...
I believe then that even after the last process dies the file remains locked and I cannot remove the dll. I also seem to remember that the OS will detect the cyclic reference after about 20 New processes should use the new one. Delete the old one after a reboot. This would only work on Windows 2000 or later.

cannot delete dll
How do I get it to C:\windows? Ed Waxman wrote: You *almost* got it right. Reboot, press F8, select Command Prompt Only Enter the following commands at the I have tried running the repair tool provided with IE, but although it did let me delete the old files, I now cannot delete any of the new files that are