Can't delete folder!

Zalmann · Mar 25, 2007

Casheti said:
What the hell is DOS? Lol, I've heard of it, but nothing more.

Hahaha

, the younger generation... You missed out, DOS was/is pretty cool, you can still do a lot of stuff quicker through a DOS screen than through Windows.

Tatty_Two · Mar 25, 2007

Zalmann said:
I have two thoughts on this, either he has a similar problem to the bug found in XP, Win98, or there is a process that's locking up that directory.

Agreed, check task manager and take a look thru active processes to see if any look dodgy, I assume you have done an Adaware/spy scan?

kwchang007 · Mar 25, 2007

Zalmann said:
Hahaha , the younger generation... You missed out, DOS was/is pretty cool, you can still do a lot of stuff quicker through a DOS screen than through Windows.

im defiantly a gui guy, but i agree, through command prompt things go alot faster....ex. ipconfig, i can't even find something like that when running around in the gui's, and the ping command

Zalmann · Mar 25, 2007

Here is a silly question, but is this by any chance, a Limewire (or other peer-2-peer) share directory? Because if it is, there is your problem right there. Limewire remains active and will not allow you to rename/delete the directory structure while it is active.

Casheti · Mar 25, 2007

Nope. Nothing to do with Limewire.

SK-1 · Mar 25, 2007

Casheti said:
What the hell is DOS? Lol, I've heard of it, but nothing more.

God I feel old now.

Casheti · Mar 25, 2007

I feel so young

Mostly because I am

SK-1 · Mar 25, 2007

Casheti said:
I used the old Alt+255 trick on a folder so that it had no name, but now that I want to delete it, and there's nothing in it, it WILL NOT LET ME DELETE IT. Why? (I'm on Vista by the way)

Hey Casheti,...Have you tried the program PurgeIE?,..I have not found a file OR folder that this little app.can't get rid of!It is nice.
It is also a web free-bee.

Thermopylae_480 · Mar 25, 2007

Casheti said:
What the hell is DOS? Lol, I've heard of it, but nothing more.

DOS is Microsoft's pre-Windows OS. If you have ever used Windows command prompt you have used a striped down version of DOS.

Casheti · Mar 25, 2007

Far as I can see it only gets rid of Cache, Cookies and Tracks for Internet Explorer.

What about files? :confused:

SK-1 · Mar 25, 2007

PurgeIE?

DaMulta · Mar 25, 2007

Safemode

DaMulta · Mar 25, 2007

Casheti said:
What the hell is DOS? Lol, I've heard of it, but nothing more.

I recommend you to install DOS 5.0 on any machine to see what does is all about. :toast:

Tatty_Two · Mar 25, 2007

Thermopylae_480 said:
DOS is Microsoft's pre-Windows OS. If you have ever used Windows command prompt you have used a striped down version of DOS.

Ahhhhhh those were the days, was brought up with DOS! :rockout:

Dippyskoodlez · Mar 25, 2007

DaMulta said:
I recommend you to install DOS 5.0 on any machine to see what does is all about.

LOL

Most people wouldn't manage to get it installed first.

Maybe in virtual PC.

if you're considering any career related to computers, you better learn how to use dos.

Fluently.

kwchang007 · Mar 25, 2007

Dippyskoodlez said:
LOL

Most people wouldn't manage to get it installed first.

Maybe in virtual PC.

if you're considering any career related to computers, you better learn how to use dos.

Fluently.

wow, i never knew dos was that important

Dippyskoodlez · Mar 25, 2007

kwchang007 said:
wow, i never knew dos was that important

I can guarantee you its much more important to show you know how to functionally use dos, than it is to show you know how to use Vista.

Exponentially.

Because Vista, XP, 98 are all about the same.

But a fluency in dos shows skill and desire to learn how things work, not just how to fix things.

Plus a lot of businesses still have dos machines running, so its necessary.

I've got a few CD's of our dos computer hard drives completely backed up for failure.

kwchang007 · Mar 25, 2007

Dippyskoodlez said:
I can guarantee you its much more important to show you know how to functionally use dos, than it is to show you know how to use Vista.

Exponentially.

Because Vista, XP, 98 are all about the same.

But a fluency in dos shows skill and desire to learn how things work, not just how to fix things.

Plus a lot of businesses still have dos machines running, so its necessary.

I've got a few CD's of our dos computer hard drives completely backed up for failure.

busniesses still have dos machines? i thought they had been replaced. i might need to get a move on and learn how to run command prompt....at least more than ipconfig and ping....

Dippyskoodlez · Mar 25, 2007

kwchang007 said:
busniesses still have dos machines? i thought they had been replaced. i might need to get a move on and learn how to run command prompt....at least more than ipconfig and ping....

heh.

Not quite.

Infact, we're gonna have to shovel out ~$50K to replace one.

kwchang007 · Mar 25, 2007

Dippyskoodlez said:
heh.

Not quite.

Infact, we're gonna have to shovel out ~$50K to replace one.

whoa, why is it so expensive?

Casheti · Mar 25, 2007

Cos I built it.

Zalmann · Mar 26, 2007

Dippyskoodlez said:
heh.

Not quite.

Infact, we're gonna have to shovel out ~$50K to replace one.

Not sure where you get $50K for replacing an old DOS machine. If you're talking about man hours, then maybe that is the case.

The only situation that I can think of that may cost that amount, is if you are replacing some old proprietary hardware that connects to, say an ISA bus slot, with software running on DOS 6.22 or similar.

Mussels · Mar 26, 2007

back on topic of the undeletable folder - disable simple file sharing and then go into the sharing permissions - make sure your user account has full read/write access to the folder, some programs/viruses change this, and with file sharing on simple (default with XP install) you'd never know where to look to change it back.

Oh and a great program to get rid of them if you're lazy is MoveOnBoot - its handy.

Deleted member 24505 · Mar 26, 2007

i just use fileunlocker,you can delete any file whomever owns it.

Completely Bonkers · Mar 26, 2007

I don't think the file is locked. I think explorer doesnt find it due to the use of illegal ALT characters. It cannot be removed unless it is renamed first. Renaming might not be possible in Windows... in which case go to command prompt, or use a 3rd party filemanagement tool.

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