http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ How-To Geek Forums Topic: (Solved) - Cant Del Folder en Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:17:26 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/cant-del-folder#post-41113 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 14:50:53 +0000 SarahJames 41113@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Great!</p> <p>And we're always glad to help:)</p> <p>Sarah. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/cant-del-folder#post-41068 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:36:51 +0000 drifta 41068@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Yes it worked i did it..just took forever to find the original files becuase whe ni was clicking windows.old for some strange reason all my files from the current C:\users folder were showing up. anyways the problem was that the 2 files in my second screenshot were not being recognised by windows but when i changed their names i was able to delete windows.old</p> <p>thnx for everyones help </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/cant-del-folder#post-41067 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:30:48 +0000 drifta 41067@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>i will restart my comp and than try it maybe it works than </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/cant-del-folder#post-41065 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:26:32 +0000 whs 41065@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Maybe, but e.g. in WinDirStat you can see it - which by the way may be another option to delete it, because WinDirStat has a Delete function. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/cant-del-folder#post-41064 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:25:20 +0000 SarahJames 41064@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>I had this a couple of months ago too, must be in one of my earlier posts. I'll take a look later on if you haven't solved it by then. But as I remember correctly Lighthouse offered the best remedy - FreeCommander.<br /> You can change attributes by rightclicking on the folder and you can set read only and archive. Uncheck read only.</p> <p>Probably one of the folders at the end of the tree has a name that is too long or has unacceptable characters in it. Use FreeCommander to browse to them and rename them. You probably can't rename them in Explorer, but Freecommander often does the trick.</p> <p>Edit: Changing attributes is also best done in Freecommander if there is a problem with a foldername:)</p> <p>Sarah. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/cant-del-folder#post-41063 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:23:22 +0000 drifta 41063@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>ok something really freaky is happening.<br /> when i click on the windows.old folder i now see other fodlers in it and files. i.e i see a folder called documents and settings. when i click on the folder i see more folders and files than when i ckick on the ... to go back a folder and i click on the ... once again i takes me to C:\ and highlits the user folder.</p> <p>i hope u understand what i mean </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/cant-del-folder#post-41062 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:21:31 +0000 Lighthouse 41062@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>whs. I think the problem is the actual file names themselves. Windows does not recognize/accept that it is a valid name. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/cant-del-folder#post-41060 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:17:43 +0000 drifta 41060@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>not sure how to remove the attributes </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/cant-del-folder#post-41059 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:16:45 +0000 whs 41059@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p><a href='http://www.jimmah.com/vista/Administration/windowsold.aspx'>http://www.jimmah.com/vista/Administration/windowsold.aspx</a> </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/cant-del-folder#post-41054 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:03:05 +0000 Lighthouse 41054@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Try using FreeCommander. Remove any attributes, rename them, then delete them. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/cant-del-folder#post-41052 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 10:58:49 +0000 drifta 41052@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>i did take ownership without luck </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/cant-del-folder#post-41051 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 10:58:10 +0000 Lighthouse 41051@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Use TakeOwnership on them. Added to my previous post </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/cant-del-folder#post-41049 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 10:54:45 +0000 drifta 41049@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>i tried running reg ceaner in cc cleaner and uniblue registrybooster without luck</p> <p>i also tried taking ownership without any luck. i mena i got ownership but still was unable to del the folders</p> <p>i think the problem is this 2 files because i manged to del all the other folders except the following<br /> Look at the path</p> <p><img src='http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj245/johncena_rules/Untitled-2.jpg' /> </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/cant-del-folder#post-41048 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 10:43:56 +0000 Lighthouse 41048@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Try running the Registry Cleaner in CCleaner.</p> <p>Edit. You may need this as well.<br /> <a href='http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/add-take-ownership-to-explorer-right-click-menu-in-vista/'>http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/add-take-ownership-to-explorer-right-click-menu-in-vista/</a> </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/cant-del-folder#post-41047 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 10:39:57 +0000 drifta 41047@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>yes i can go into the folder i.e C:\Windows.old\Users\Drifta<br /> the folder has no documents in it tho just folders.<br /> the folder size is 0 bytes</p> <p>the folder has remained from the last time i formatted my computer because of problems i had wich could not be fixed and dell recommnded i rreinstall vista so i did. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/cant-del-folder#post-41044 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 10:34:52 +0000 Lighthouse 41044@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Can you go into that folder? </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/cant-del-folder#post-41041 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 10:26:45 +0000 drifta 41041@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>i have a folder C:\Windows.old that i cant delete.</p> <p><img src='http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj245/johncena_rules/Untitled-1.jpg' /> </p>