Re: Can't delete even at the comand prompt.

There used to be a deltree type command in dos, maybe that would help
(reference stated says use rmdir command, but be careful here). There was
once a situation where you had to copy the name of the file and paste that
to the del command because of some hidden characters, but I don't remember
how to do that.

Are you running an NTFS file system? Have you checked its attributes. If
you have, maybe making it read only and then back to not read only would
help. Could the setting for the folder be effecting the files in it.

I never saw the name of the file, but I suppose you have searched for it to
see what it might be. If it is tied to a service, it might show up in
dependencies. Did you try removing it using the recovery console?

And I think I saw you cover this, but you are the "REAL" administrator and
not just an admin user?

Is the file listed in the registry?

Clark

"odea56" <odea56.1sjmdm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:odea56.1sjmdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Lawrence,
>
> Thank you for your excellent suggestion. Unfortunately I had tried
> this before I posted my original question. I forgot what a pain DOS
> can be until I had to type in the identitiy folder name, all 38
> charaters with out a typo. As I am sure you can see, typing is not my
> strong suit.
>
> Anyway back to the problem. Even in safe mode with comand prompt, I
> get "Data Error (Cyclic Redundancy Check)" when I try to delete the
> file and the file does not delete. I tried renaming the file and the
> system will not let me. I tryed moving it out of the folder, again the
> system will not let me. I ran the DOS CHKDSK to see if it could fix
> the problems to no avail. Out of desperation I defraged the disc. Hey
> you never know!
>
> One peice of data I believe I left off the original post is that I am
> running XP-SP2 and OE 6 (since that is the program with the corrupted
> file)
>
> Again Thank you for your suggestion I think it was a good on but I
> still can not get delete the file. Any other thoughts
>
> Thanks
>
> Andy
>
>
> --
> odea56


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