Can't delete files!!!

[Molly_04]

Hello, I have one problem and i need a help.I have some files in disk C
and i can't delete them.I tried everything but it wont work. There is an error "Cannot delete :Cannot find specified file.Make sue you specify the correct path and file name"..please help

 

[Hawkeye22]

You may need to be using an administrator account. If you are, try using wildcards and see if it makes a difference.

For example instead of:

del octopus.txt

try

del oct*.*

Do these from a comand prompt of course.

 

[Molly_04]

thank you helped a lot...

 

[electronian]

How were you trying to delete them.....with Windows Explorer (and right-clicking on the file, and choosing "delete)?

 

[Molly_04]

Right-click delete,I tried renaming the files but that didn't work,and some file deleting programs but all the same..

 

[ex_bubblehead]

Could be filesystem corruption.

1. Open a command window.
2. At the prompt type "chkdsk c: /f /v /r" (without the quotes) then press <return>
3. Answer the resulting prompt with a Y <return>
4. Reboot and wait (this will take a while)
5. Try deleting/renaming the file/s again.