Curse

Josh · Dec 24, 2005, 12:41 AM // 00:41

Hi, well I cleared up my Desktop today, and this 1 file, it won't let me delete it, lol, it has nothing in it, and it's just called "file name here." - and it's really annoying me, lol.

Whenever I try delete it, it says:

Cannot delete file: Cannot read from source file or disk.

It has nothing in it, never has, and I tried re-booting PC incase something, somehow, was using it, cleaned up PC of everything, it just won't delete, lol.

And if I right-click it for properties, and change any of the attributes so it's not read-only, Hidden or Archive, it won't change, there all unticked at the moment.

This 1 folder is just really annoying me, lol.

Lerxst_of_Syrinx · Dec 24, 2005, 10:04 AM // 10:04

If you know anything about DOS you could open a Command prompt and most likely delete it that way.

Start...Run...cmd

cd desktop
dir (will give you a list of files on the desktop)
del /F [the file you want to delete]

Good luck.

Josh · Dec 24, 2005, 08:53 PM // 20:53

Didn't work...I don't think it accept spaces? Told it the file then it just said couldn't find "file" when I put "file name here.", tried using _ as the space, didn't work ;x

Lerxst_of_Syrinx · Dec 25, 2005, 11:07 AM // 11:07

Type [del file] then hit Tab...it will fill in the whole name then hit Enter to delete it.

Josh · Dec 25, 2005, 11:11 AM // 11:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lerxst_of_Syrinx

Type [del file] then hit Tab...it will fill in the whole name then hit Enter to delete it.

Cheers, I'll try that when I get my monitor working again, new 9600 ATI Sapphire card shows grey screen when I try login to PC.

Lerxst_of_Syrinx · Dec 25, 2005, 12:03 PM // 12:03

Wait...I just noticed something...that file is really a directory!

You need to use [rd /S file] then hit Tab to complete the name then hit Enter to run the command.