Re: delete protected files
- From: "Alan Smith" <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2005 15:15:22 +0100
"WCH" <DELwhexeterETE@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Alan Smith wrote:
>> That doesn't work for programs in the startup group.
>>
>>
>> "KDE" <knott_me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:OE2OTy4nFHA.3312@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>>try deleting them right after a soft reset.
>>>
>>>
>>>"WCH" <DELwhexeterETE@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>news:_7udnTjY4ZAuH2HfRVn-2Q@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>| I've got an iPaq rx3115, a nice little device but with not a lot of
>>>| memory. In searching for programs and files I could delete to free up
>>>| space I found:
>>>| 1 - a 1.02MB Windows audio file called "PreludetoKatie.wma
>>>| 2 - the .750 executable file for PocketTVPro, a program I don't use
>>>| (BetaPlayer is better), and
>>>| 3 - a .5MB Windows video file about a skateboarder.
>>>|
>>>| I can't delete these files because they are either write-protected, in
>>>| read-only memory or in use (or so says the error message). Freeing up
>>>| almost 2 1/2 MB would help me gain some flexibility in memory
>>>| allocation, though, so can anyone help me delete these files?
>>>| WC
>>>
>>>
> All three of the files in question are on the iPaq after a hard reset. One
> (PocketTVPro) is a program that HP offers to watch video. The other two
> are media files that, I presume, exist to demonstrate audio and video.
> When I find PocketTVPro.exe using File Explorer, under Properties the
> "read only" box is checked. I am not able to uncheck it as, if I do and
> press OK, I get a message -- "Cannot to set new attributes for "PocketTV
> Pro.exe"; The system cannot find the file specified. Make sure memory is
> not full or write-protected and the file is not currently in use." I
> can't get around that, which is what prompted this question. As to the
> two media files, while I can find them when the iPaq is docked by using
> Windows Explorer on my PC, I cannot even FIND them by using File Explorer
> on the PPC, either by navigating manually to where I know they are (I see
> them using my PC) or by searching for them by name on the PPC.
>
> I guess that, as some have suggested, these files aren't taking up memory
> that I could recover and use if I deleted them, then I won't worry about
> it. I'd like to know for sure that there's nothing to gain before I give
> up, though, as I could use 2.4MB more memory.
>
If the files are in ROM you can't delete them. If they are in RAM then you
should be able to so long as they are not write protected or in use.
.
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