Re: Can't delete a file by heirloom
heirloom
Sun Oct 05 15:34:25 CDT 2003
The following article appears in the latest issue of Smart Computing and may
well resolve your issue.
The Problem: A reader recently deleted a DOS game from her Windows 98
computer, and the deleted files ended up in the Recycle Bin. Now, trying to
empty the Recycle Bin manually generates an error message, which suspends
the deletion process, leaving many deleted files in her Recycle Bin.
Error Message: "Cannot delete "X," cannot find the specified path. Make sure
you typed the right path."
In a situation like this, try to drag "X" (the file listed in the error
message) out of the Recycle Bin and then try emptying the rest of the
contents of the Recycle Bin. You might also try to open the Recycle Bin,
manually select all of the files you want to delete, and delete around the
problematic file.
If you want to completely solve the problem and rebuild the Recycle Bin,
click Start, click Shut Down, select the Restart In MS-DOS Mode radio
button, and click OK. At the command prompt, type the following series of
commands, pressing ENTER after each line. Remember to use backslashes (\)
instead of slashes (/), minus signs (from the number pad) instead of dashes,
and don't forget to put spaces in the appropriate places:
CD\
CD RECYCLED
ATTRIB -r -s -h info2.*
DEL INFO2
Reboot your computer, holding down the CTRL key as Win98 boots. When the
Startup menu appears, use the arrow keys on your keyboard to highlight
Command Prompt Only and press ENTER. When the command prompt appears, type
the following series of commands, pressing ENTER after each line:
attrib -r -s -h c:\recycled
deltree c:\recycled
Reboot the computer normally, without holding down the CTRL key, and when
Windows loads, the Recycle Bin should be empty.
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Hope that will resolve your issue......Smart Computing is a great magazine
and resource for just about everyone's level of expertise....highly
recommended....good website, too.
Heirloom, old and subscribes
"Ben J." <bjojsfq@gte.net> wrote in message
news:1f7df01c389f2$e0b07ee0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> Greetings. I was transfering data files from my old
> computer to my new one via zip drive. When I loaded it,
> there was apparently only one file, a doc file, that lost
> its extention in the process. I want to delete it, but
> can't; every time I try to do so, I get this
> message: "Error Deleting File or Folder. Cannot delete
> file: Windows in unable to find the file. This item might
> have already been deleted or moved. Press F5 to refresh
> the view of this folder". I press F5. but nothing
> happened. I tried to do everything I could to delete it,
> but nothing works. I cannot even take it out of it's
> folder. I am able to put this folder in the Redycling
> Bin; however, when I then right click on it to empty it, I
> get a message stating "Cannot delete ***(the file).
> Cannot find the specified file." What can I do? Thank
> you. Ben