Cant Delete A Folder, And I really want to! Options

[YaarMere]

I have this folder which I have been trying to delete 4 a week now but Im unable to... the message I get reads:

Cannot delete file: Cannot read 4rom the source file or disk

Help me.

[Marcilo]

Kaya complication hi....

One cannot delete folder if there is a file under folder and that file is in use. File can be hidden, read only or both. It could be that file is flagged as system file. First, view all the files in directory, make sure you can view system and hidden files. Now, see if the file is being used. See if it's in task manager, running as a process. Kill that process. If it's a DLL or associate file, kill the main application/process then delete it.
Deewani has suggested safe mode that is excellent way of making sure not all applications are loaded when you boot

[HumTum]

Kaya complication hi....

One cannot delete folder if there is a file under folder and that file is in use. File can be hidden, read only or both. It could be that file is flagged as system file. First, view all the files in directory, make sure you can view system and hidden files. Now, see if the file is being used. See if it's in task manager, running as a process. Kill that process. If it's a DLL or associate file, kill the main application/process then delete it.
Deewani has suggested safe mode that is excellent way of making sure not all applications are loaded when you boot

Complication ki baat nahi hai bhai. Remember my writing to you about the problem I had in copying huge files to the external hard disk. When I reconnect the hard disk I found the copied file is visible on the hard disk but was not copied full and when I attempted to delete it I would get the same response that YM got. There is no question of a file within a file! So finally as a last resort I ran the scandisk which was when the errors got fixed and the file was finally removed. Ab baat samajh mein aayi aap ko.

This post has been edited by HumTum: Jul 14 2008, 09:10 AM