Delete A File That Is
Seemingly "Undeletable"
Every so often you'll
run across a file you want to delete that defies every effort made
to send it packing. There are no guarantees when you encounter this
situation, but give the following procedure a try and see what
happens.
Open a Command Prompt
Window via Start | All Programs | Accessories | Command Prompt
Leave the Command
Prompt Window open and close all other open programs.
Go to Start | Run and
type [taskmgr.exe] in the Open: line. Click OK.
In the Image Name column, highlight [explorer.exe] and click End
Process button.
Very Important: Leave Task Manager open and return to the Command
Prompt Window
In
the Command Prompt window, navigate to the directory that contains
the file to be deleted.
At the command prompt type DEL <filename> where <filename> is the
file to be deleted.
In the example above,
the file TestFile is being deleted from the root of drive C
Return to the open
Task Manager window and click
File | New Task to open the Create New Task window.
Type "explorer.exe"
in the Open: line to restart the Graphical User Interface (GUI).
Click the OK button to close Task Manager and complete the
operation.
Hopefully the file that
was previously 'undeletable' is among the missing and computing life
as we know it can now return to normal.
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