Re: Cannot delete *.tmp

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In news:uwntNEMRFHA.576@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
johnf <john_f@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> Have you tried rebooting first, then trying again? It may be still in
> use.
>
>
>> I went to Search and tried to delete the *.tmp files as part of
>> regular cleanup. But this time I was prevented. Tried several times
>> unsuccessfully. First I get the box:
>> "Compressed (zipped) Folders Error
>> The compressed (zipped) Folder is invalid or corrupt."
>> Then the supposed deletion starts in the box: "deleting from
>> archives" which goes on and on and cannot be cancelled or closed. I
>> have to open Task Manager which says "Compressed (zipped) Folders
>> error". I end task and the entire Search page disappears, and I have
>> to try again, and the same thing happens again. The icon clearly
>> shows it is files and not Folders. I had managed to delete a few
>> files, but the type ~DF---.tmp are the ones giving the problems, and
>> cannot be deleted for the above reasons. What can I do about it?
>> TIA

If the above advice doesn't do it for you there's some freeware applications
here that will go ahead and allow you to clean up your disk(s) fairly
easily.

http://www.snapfiles.com/freeware/system/fwdiskclean.html

Galen
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Rest well Alex and we'll see you on the other side.


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