Re: Cannot delete files from NTFS


"MattD" <MattD@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Server is Windows 2003 SP2 and we cannot delete 9 files from an NTFS
partition. They are in a users home drive. Permissions are,

- Domain Admins = Full Control
- System = Full Control
- %username% = Change

We have tried the following,

- A server reboot didn't release them
- Permissions are fine and were reflowed multiple times to bottom of tree
- There are no NTFS streams attached to the files
- There are no locks or holds or files or users using the files that we
can
see
- Chkdsk reports no issues
- I get accessed denied to them from GUI and command line
- We have tried resetting the archive/compressed/etc bits back and forth
which released 2 files but 9 remain
- They cannot be renamed, moved or opened

Really stuck on ideas here. If anyone can assist or point to a tool which
would allow us to access these files outside of explorer would appreciate
it.

We have looked at PendMoves and MoveFile from Sysinternals but that
requires
another reboot of the server and we were lucky to get the first. Given the
first reboot didn't release them we are skeptical a second will do it
either...however humour us ;)


The archive flag plays no role when it comes to deleting files.
However, the read-only flag does. Try these three commands:
del /f /ah "{YourFileName}"
del /f "{YourFileName}"
echo. > "{YourFileName}"


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