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a program I downloaded for free trial before buying created a large
application file (227Mb .tif file) that I can't delete - each time I try, I
get a message asking if I'm sure I want to move to the recycle bin, and when
I say yes, I get a message saying there is a sharing violation message, after
which my system goes into intenese disk acess for several minutes

how can I delete this file
 
jhnptbrg said:
a program I downloaded for free trial before buying created a large
application file (227Mb .tif file) that I can't delete - each time I try, I
get a message asking if I'm sure I want to move to the recycle bin, and when
I say yes, I get a message saying there is a sharing violation message, after
which my system goes into intenese disk acess for several minutes

how can I delete this file
Click to expand...

Try deleting it when booting into Safe Mode.
 
Hi jhnptbrg - From my Blog, Defending Your Machine, addy below in my
Signature:


"Sometimes the tools below will find files which they are unable to delete
because they are in use.

A program called Copylock, here, http://noeld.com/programs.asp?cat=misc can
aid in the process of "replacing, moving, renaming or deleting one or many
files which are currently in use (e.g. system files like comctl32.dll, or
virus/trojan files.)"

Another is Killbox by Option Explicit, Beta version available here:
http://www.killbox.net/downloads/beta/KillBox.exe Overview directions are
available here: http://www.killbox.net/help.html#Top Read carefully - this
tool is quite powerful.

A third which is a bit different but often very useful is Delete Invalid
File, here: http://www.purgeie.com/delinv.htm which handles invalid/UNC
file/folder name deleting, rather than the in use problem.

A fourth useful program is Unlocker, here:
..http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/ " Simply right click the folder or file
and select Unlocker. If the folder or file is locked, a window listing of
lockers will appear. Simply select the lockers and click Unlock and you are
done!" Works as advertised and is particularly helpful in identifying
malware components which are 'protecting' each other."



--
Regards, Jim Byrd, MVP, DTS, ASVOP
My Blog, Defending Your Machine,
http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/



In jhnptbrg <[email protected]> typed:
|| a program I downloaded for free trial before buying created a large
|| application file (227Mb .tif file) that I can't delete - each time I
|| try, I get a message asking if I'm sure I want to move to the
|| recycle bin, and when I say yes, I get a message saying there is a
|| sharing violation message, after which my system goes into intenese
|| disk acess for several minutes
||
|| how can I delete this file
 
Window 2000 Server, SP4, NTFS

While attempting to copy a large group of files from a data drive to
an external drive (USB), I came across 26 that would not copy.
Several different errors were reported that did not make sense:
filename invalid, duplicate filename. Displayed filenames are OK and
no duplicates were found. Upon trying to obtain file parmaters, an
error message was returned: The properties for this item are not
available. Upon trying to delete, the server issues a beep and
nothing else happens. Upon trying to rename, the server issues a beep
and nothing else happens. When trying to open the files (they are
either .doc or .pdf), they won't open. I ran chkdsk (without the /f)
to see if chkdsk found any errors. None were reported. I restored
one of the files involved from a recent backup to a temporary folder.
The restore process completed and the file is shown in the temporary
location. However, the file won't open, can't get properties, can't
delete, and can't rename - just like the file on the drive from which
is was backuped from.

Will either of the utilities mentioned allow repairing or deleting the
files described above? Thanks!
 
Window 2000 Server, SP4, NTFS

While attempting to copy a large group of files from a data drive to
an external drive (USB), I came across 26 that would not copy.
Several different errors were reported that did not make sense:
filename invalid, duplicate filename. Displayed filenames are OK and
no duplicates were found. Upon trying to obtain file parmaters, an
error message was returned: The properties for this item are not
available. Upon trying to delete, the server issues a beep and
nothing else happens. Upon trying to rename, the server issues a beep
and nothing else happens. When trying to open the files (they are
either .doc or .pdf), they won't open. I ran chkdsk (without the /f)
to see if chkdsk found any errors. None were reported. I restored
one of the files involved from a recent backup to a temporary folder.
The restore process completed and the file is shown in the temporary
location. However, the file won't open, can't get properties, can't
delete, and can't rename - just like the file on the drive from which
is was backuped from.

Will either of the utilities mentioned allow repairing or deleting the
files described above? Thanks!

Try "Delete Doctor", a free program at this URL:
Click to expand...
http://www.diskcleaners.com/ Has worked well for me on several
occasions.
 
Try running chkdsk /r on the drive to see if there are any bad clusters.
What are the permissions (Security) for the filename you copied. Do you
have all access?
 
Thanks for the replys. I will be at the client tomorrow and can try
the suggested delete utility. I did try the chkdsk /r remotely and it
did not return any errors.
 
I just tried using Delete Doctor, as suggested. When attempting to
navigate to the file via the applet's Browse or dragging the file into
the applet, the file to be deleted will not appear in the applet's
file to be deleted edit box.

Any other suggestions? A very perplexing situation. Thanks.
 
Hi SysAdmin - See my previous post on 11/30.

--
Regards, Jim Byrd, MVP, DTS, ASVOP
My Blog, Defending Your Machine,
http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/



In System Administrator <[email protected]> typed:
|| I just tried using Delete Doctor, as suggested. When attempting to
|| navigate to the file via the applet's Browse or dragging the file
|| into the applet, the file to be deleted will not appear in the
|| applet's file to be deleted edit box.
||
|| Any other suggestions? A very perplexing situation. Thanks.
|| --
|| Bob Felton
||
||
|| On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 16:15:55 -0800, Bob Felton
||
||| Thanks for the replys. I will be at the client tomorrow and can try
||| the suggested delete utility. I did try the chkdsk /r remotely and
||| it did not return any errors.
|||
|||
|||
||| On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 17:27:06 GMT, (e-mail address removed)
||| (System Administrator) wrote:
|||
|||| Window 2000 Server, SP4, NTFS
||||
|||| While attempting to copy a large group of files from a data drive
|||| to an external drive (USB), I came across 26 that would not copy.
|||| Several different errors were reported that did not make sense:
|||| filename invalid, duplicate filename. Displayed filenames are OK
|||| and no duplicates were found. Upon trying to obtain file
|||| parmaters, an error message was returned: The properties for this
|||| item are not available. Upon trying to delete, the server issues
|||| a beep and nothing else happens. Upon trying to rename, the
|||| server issues a beep and nothing else happens. When trying to
|||| open the files (they are either .doc or .pdf), they won't open. I
|||| ran chkdsk (without the /f) to see if chkdsk found any errors.
|||| None were reported. I restored one of the files involved from a
|||| recent backup to a temporary folder. The restore process completed
|||| and the file is shown in the temporary location. However, the
|||| file won't open, can't get properties, can't delete, and can't
|||| rename - just like the file on the drive from which is was
|||| backuped from.
||||
|||| Will either of the utilities mentioned allow repairing or deleting
|||| the files described above? Thanks!
||||
||||
||||
|||| On Thu, 30 Nov 2006 19:34:00 -0800, =?Utf-8?B?amhucHRicmc=?=
||||
||||| a program I downloaded for free trial before buying created a
||||| large application file (227Mb .tif file) that I can't delete -
||||| each time I try, I get a message asking if I'm sure I want to
||||| move to the recycle bin, and when I say yes, I get a message
||||| saying there is a sharing violation message, after which my
||||| system goes into intenese disk acess for several minutes
|||||
||||| how can I delete this file
|||
||| --
||| Bob Felton
||
|| --
|| System Administrator
|| Sprotte + Watson Architecture and Planning
|| Vista, CA
 
Thanks, Jim. I went to the site for delinv.exe and read that some can
be deleted from the DOS prompt. I tried the file I recovered to a
temporary folder and it worked. I now have 26 others to try deleting
(or renaming) using DOS. I don't see why it won't work on those files
as they act the same why when I tried to delete them via Windows
Explorer. Thanks, again, and Merry Christmas!
 
YW, glad it was of help.

--
Regards, Jim Byrd, MVP, DTS, ASVOP
My Blog, Defending Your Machine,
http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/



In System Administrator <[email protected]> typed:
|| Thanks, Jim. I went to the site for delinv.exe and read that some
|| can be deleted from the DOS prompt. I tried the file I recovered to
|| a temporary folder and it worked. I now have 26 others to try
|| deleting (or renaming) using DOS. I don't see why it won't work on
|| those files as they act the same why when I tried to delete them via
|| Windows Explorer. Thanks, again, and Merry Christmas!
||
||
|| On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 15:24:46 -0800, "Jim Byrd"
||
||| Hi SysAdmin - See my previous post on 11/30.
|||
||| --
||| Regards, Jim Byrd, MVP, DTS, ASVOP
||| My Blog, Defending Your Machine,
||| http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/
|||
|||
|||
||| In ||| System Administrator <[email protected]> typed:
||||| I just tried using Delete Doctor, as suggested. When attempting
||||| to navigate to the file via the applet's Browse or dragging the
||||| file into the applet, the file to be deleted will not appear in
||||| the applet's file to be deleted edit box.
|||||
||||| Any other suggestions? A very perplexing situation. Thanks.
||||| --
||||| Bob Felton
|||||
|||||
||||| On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 16:15:55 -0800, Bob Felton
|||||
|||||| Thanks for the replys. I will be at the client tomorrow and can
|||||| try the suggested delete utility. I did try the chkdsk /r
|||||| remotely and it did not return any errors.
||||||
||||||
||||||
|||||| On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 17:27:06 GMT,
|||||| (e-mail address removed) (System Administrator) wrote:
||||||
||||||| Window 2000 Server, SP4, NTFS
|||||||
||||||| While attempting to copy a large group of files from a data
||||||| drive to an external drive (USB), I came across 26 that would
||||||| not copy. Several different errors were reported that did not
||||||| make sense: filename invalid, duplicate filename. Displayed
||||||| filenames are OK and no duplicates were found. Upon trying to
||||||| obtain file parmaters, an error message was returned: The
||||||| properties for this item are not available. Upon trying to
||||||| delete, the server issues a beep and nothing else happens.
||||||| Upon trying to rename, the server issues a beep and nothing
||||||| else happens. When trying to open the files (they are either
||||||| .doc or .pdf), they won't open. I ran chkdsk (without the /f)
||||||| to see if chkdsk found any errors. None were reported. I
||||||| restored one of the files involved from a recent backup to a
||||||| temporary folder. The restore process completed and the file is
||||||| shown in the temporary location. However, the file won't open,
||||||| can't get properties, can't delete, and can't rename - just
||||||| like the file on the drive from which is was backuped from.
|||||||
||||||| Will either of the utilities mentioned allow repairing or
||||||| deleting the files described above? Thanks!
|||||||
|||||||
|||||||
||||||| On Thu, 30 Nov 2006 19:34:00 -0800, =?Utf-8?B?amhucHRicmc=?=
|||||||
|||||||| a program I downloaded for free trial before buying created a
|||||||| large application file (227Mb .tif file) that I can't delete -
|||||||| each time I try, I get a message asking if I'm sure I want to
|||||||| move to the recycle bin, and when I say yes, I get a message
|||||||| saying there is a sharing violation message, after which my
|||||||| system goes into intenese disk acess for several minutes
||||||||
|||||||| how can I delete this file
||||||
|||||| --
|||||| Bob Felton
|||||
||||| --
||||| System Administrator
||||| Sprotte + Watson Architecture and Planning
||||| Vista, CA
|||
|||
||
|| --
|| System Administrator
|| Sprotte + Watson Architecture and Planning
|| Vista, CA
 
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