Undeletable file

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Have an old file folder which contain(ed) some sports
icons. The system says its corrupt and will not allow me
to delete this file. It said to run a Dskchk on the file
but that won't work because in the dos mode, it states
this is a read only operation. I tried the "MoveonBoot"
program from GiPo@Utilities and had no luck. I don't want
this file but the system, XP Home, won't let me get rid
of it. Any suggestions? Thanks, for your help!
 
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Have an old file folder which contain(ed) some sports
icons. The system says its corrupt and will not allow me
to delete this file. It said to run a Dskchk on the file
but that won't work because in the dos mode, it states
this is a read only operation. I tried the "MoveonBoot"
program from GiPo@Utilities and had no luck. I don't want
this file but the system, XP Home, won't let me get rid
of it. Any suggestions? Thanks, for your help!
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Do you have admin rights to the box? You may want to try
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deleting through dos. Go to a command prompt and try to
delete it. del whatever the directory is.
 
kev said:
deleting through dos. Go to a command prompt and try to
delete it. del whatever the directory is.
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To make it a bit easier, I recomend u use Norton Commander - while it is
still a DOS program, it makes using DOS much easier, especially after a
few years of working with Wins.

Also, make sure that no other program is accessing the file, and if u
want to delete the directory, no prog should have it open.


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