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I also have a problem deleting both files and folders. It says access denied.
When i look under the folders properties, it says that it doesent contains
any files or folders but im sure it does. I can´t even open the folder
because it says Access denied. And sometimes it says that it is in use buy
another program or user. But i´m sure no program of user uses the file. The
same thing happens with files. I have tried to use program like unlocker and
killbox but it doesen´t work. Both of the programs says that the folder or
file can´t be deleted. It is like the folders and the files dont exist, but
they do.

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Delete Undeletable Files:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp [...] e_file.htm



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"Necrophagist" <Necrophagist@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:2E55FEFD-74AA-41F0-B5CF-C19A458D57A7@microsoft.com...
>I also have a problem deleting both files and folders. It says access denied.
> When i look under the folders properties, it says that it doesent contains
> any files or folders but im sure it does. I can´t even open the folder
> because it says Access denied. And sometimes it says that it is in use buy
> another program or user. But i´m sure no program of user uses the file. The
> same thing happens with files. I have tried to use program like unlocker and
> killbox but it doesen´t work. Both of the programs says that the folder or
> file can´t be deleted. It is like the folders and the files dont exist, but
> they do.
>
>

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"> Delete Undeletable Files:
> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp [...] e_file.htm


Thanks!! I've been working on this problem, posting in this and another ng,
and was stymied. This worked beautifully.

The only change I had to make is that the file name of my problem file was
"reserve[1]." If I typed in that name, I received a 'file not found'
message. I just did "del res*" and it worked like a charm.

Much appreciated.

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