Sometimes when we delete a file or folder, the system prompts that it cannot be deleted. This is really a headache. Now let’s take a look at the solution.
1. Conventional solutions:
1. Log out or restart your computer and try deleting it again.
2． Enter "Safe Mode Removal".
3． Delete it using the DEL, DELTREE and RD commands from a pure DOS command line.
4. If there are too many subdirectories or files in the folder that cannot be deleted, you can delete the subdirectories and files in the folder first, and then delete the folder.
5. End the Explorer.exe process in Task Manager, then delete the file in the Command Prompt window.
6. If you have installed software such as ACDSee, FlashFXP, Nero, and Total, you can try deleting folders in these software.
2. Advanced solutions:
1. Disk error
Run a disk scan and scan the partition where the file is located. Before scanning, make sure that repair files and bad sectors are selected, fully scan all options, and then delete the file after scanning.
2． Pre-reading mechanism:
Some media cannot be deleted when their playback is interrupted or they are being previewed. In the "Run" box, enter: REGSVR32 /U SHMEDIA.DLL to cancel the pre-reading function. Or delete the following key value in the registry: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{87D62D94-71B3-4b9a-9489-5FE6850DC73E}\InProcServer32].
3． Firewall:
Since the anti-virus software will occupy the file being checked when checking for viruses, it will prompt that the file is in use when deleting it. At this time, you can try to temporarily close its real-time monitoring program, which may solve the problem. .
4. OFFice, WPS series software:
Illegal closing of OFFice will also cause files to be unable to be deleted or renamed. Rerun the program, then close it gracefully before deleting the files.
5. With WinRAR:
Right-click on the folder you want to delete and select "Add to archive". In the pop-up dialog box, select "Delete source files after compression." Just write a compressed package name and click OK.
6. Permission issues:
If it is 2000 and XP systems, please first determine whether you have permission to delete this file or folder.
7. Deletion of executable files:
If the image of the executable file or the DLL dynamic link library file called by the program is still in the memory and has not been released, it will prompt that the file is in use when deleting it. The solution is to delete the system The page file is Win386.SWP in Win98 and pagefile.sys in Win2000/XP. Be careful to delete it under DOS.
8． File shredding method:
Use a file shredder, such as File Pulverizer, to completely delete some stubborn files.
3. Create a "File Vault" that cannot be deleted
It is not necessarily a bad thing that the folder cannot be deleted. If you put some important files in this directory, it will not be deleted. Can you avoid accidental deletion? A folder whose file name contains only spaces is not allowed to be created and deleted in Windows, but under DOS, a folder whose file name contains \ can be created.