Re: files will not delete/erase

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facsmsi wrote:



"C.Joseph S. Drayton" wrote:

facsmsi wrote:

I have several files/directories that I cannot delete. After
exhausting all that I have learned over the past 30 years I have
spent three days searching the web for a program (free) that will
force delete them. Can someone help me with this problem?
Thanks
John W Mitchell

I use the freeware program unlocker, found at;

http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/

It works very well and has a simple interface. The only thing to be
wary of is to look at what processes Unlocker says is using the
file. If it has to kill the process, you may lose control of your
computer and have to reboot in order to regain control of the
machine.
--

Sincerely,
C.Joseph Drayton, Ph.D. AS&T

CSD Computer Services
Web site: http://csdcs.tlerma.com/
E-mail: csdcs@xxxxxxxxxx

Below is alist of the files and the complete path to each file. The
error message I get depends on the delete method I am using and the
file I am trying to delete at the time. This was brought about by one
of my Grandsons tried to restore his work while I was away. Not
knowing exactly what he was doing he somehow restored the complete
system into the skype directory. In trying to get the skype directory
clean I ran into this problem. Corruptskype is the skype directory
renamed. I have a Grandson teaching English in S. Korea and he
requested that I get skype for communication with him. I had ti
rename skype so I could restore the skype because he was expecting me
to be on line later that day.

I have tried every method of delete in Windows XP Pro and every
method of dos delete/erase and the utility program unlocker with no
luck from any of them.

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COMMENT Computer: EMLAPTOP
COMMENT User: John
COMMENT Prepared: 13:21 3/11/2008
COMMENT Folder: C:\Program Files\CorruptSkype\
COMMENT Include Sub-Folders? Yes
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FILE 7,680 C:\Program Files\CorruptSkype\Documents and Settings\All
Users\Documents\My Pictures\Sample Pictures\Thumbs.db

FILE 79 C:\Program Files\CorruptSkype\Documents and
Settings\John\Desktop\Show Desktop.scf

FILE 366 C:\Program Files\CorruptSkype\Documents and
Settings\John\Favorites\NWS radar image loop of Base Reflectivity
from New Orleans-Baton Rouge, LA.url

FILE 52,224 C:\Program Files\CorruptSkype\Documents and
Settings\John\My Documents\My Pictures\Thumbs.db

FILE 107,008 C:\Program Files\CorruptSkype\Documents and
Settings\John\My Documents\My Pictures\2006-04 (Apr)\Thumbs.db

FILE 27,648 C:\Program Files\CorruptSkype\Documents and
Settings\John\My Documents\My Pictures\Jeffery\Thumbs.db

FILE 35,328 C:\Program Files\CorruptSkype\Documents and
Settings\John\My Documents\My Pictures\Jeffery\Piano\Thumbs.db

FILE 8,192 C:\Program Files\CorruptSkype\Documents and
Settings\John\My Documents\My Pictures\Kaleb\Thumbs.db

FILE 48,640 C:\Program Files\CorruptSkype\Documents and
Settings\John\My Documents\My Pictures\Piano\Thumbs.db

FILE 7,680 C:\Program Files\CorruptSkype\Documents and
Settings\John\My Documents\My Pictures\Susan-4th\Thumbs.db

FILE 7,680 C:\Program Files\CorruptSkype\Documents and
Settings\John\My Documents\My Pictures\Wednesday, July 19,
2006\Thumbs.db

FILE 15,360 C:\Program Files\CorruptSkype\Documents and
Settings\John\My Documents\My Pictures\WinCD\Thumbs.db

FILE 5,632 C:\Program Files\CorruptSkype\Documents and
Settings\John\My Documents\My Videos\QuickCam\Thumbs.db

FILE 292,488 C:\Program Files\CorruptSkype\Program
Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\ActiveX\AcroPDF.dll

FILE 62,080 C:\Program Files\CorruptSkype\Program Files\Common
Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEHelper.dll

FILE 632,432 C:\Program Files\CorruptSkype\Program Files\Common
Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroPDF.dll

Have you run a chkdsk? If the directory entries have become corrupted
(not the files, the entries in the directory), that could cause the
type of problem you are describing.

--

Sincerely,
C.Joseph Drayton, Ph.D. AS&T

CSD Computer Services
Web site: http://csdcs.tlerma.com/
E-mail: csdcs@xxxxxxxxxx
.

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