Skip to content
  • Categories
  • Recent
  • Tags
  • Popular
  • World
  • Users
  • Groups
Skins
  • Light
  • Cerulean
  • Cosmo
  • Flatly
  • Journal
  • Litera
  • Lumen
  • Lux
  • Materia
  • Minty
  • Morph
  • Pulse
  • Sandstone
  • Simplex
  • Sketchy
  • Spacelab
  • United
  • Yeti
  • Zephyr
  • Dark
  • Cyborg
  • Darkly
  • Quartz
  • Slate
  • Solar
  • Superhero
  • Vapor

  • Default (No Skin)
  • No Skin
Collapse
Code Project
  1. Home
  2. The Lounge
  3. Removing a file that doesn't want to be removed

Removing a file that doesn't want to be removed

Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved The Lounge
questionhelp
14 Posts 7 Posters 0 Views 1 Watching
  • Oldest to Newest
  • Newest to Oldest
  • Most Votes
Reply
  • Reply as topic
Log in to reply
This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
  • W Offline
    W Offline
    WillemM
    wrote on last edited by
    #1

    Something odd is going on again in my Windows Vista. I want to delete an old demo file for my presentation at school, but it doesn't want to be removed. Strange stuff... Can somebody tell me how I'm going to fix this? Explorer seems to wait for something before removing the file, but I don't know what is keeping it from removing my file.

    D V L D J 5 Replies Last reply
    0
    • W WillemM

      Something odd is going on again in my Windows Vista. I want to delete an old demo file for my presentation at school, but it doesn't want to be removed. Strange stuff... Can somebody tell me how I'm going to fix this? Explorer seems to wait for something before removing the file, but I don't know what is keeping it from removing my file.

      D Offline
      D Offline
      Douglas Troy
      wrote on last edited by
      #2

      You can try this unlocker[^] Not sure that's "your" problem, but I've used this from time-to-time, and it works.


      :..::. Douglas H. Troy ::..
      Bad Astronomy |VCF|wxWidgets|WTL

      W 1 Reply Last reply
      0
      • D Douglas Troy

        You can try this unlocker[^] Not sure that's "your" problem, but I've used this from time-to-time, and it works.


        :..::. Douglas H. Troy ::..
        Bad Astronomy |VCF|wxWidgets|WTL

        W Offline
        W Offline
        WillemM
        wrote on last edited by
        #3

        Doesn't seem to help... :S

        1 Reply Last reply
        0
        • W WillemM

          Something odd is going on again in my Windows Vista. I want to delete an old demo file for my presentation at school, but it doesn't want to be removed. Strange stuff... Can somebody tell me how I'm going to fix this? Explorer seems to wait for something before removing the file, but I don't know what is keeping it from removing my file.

          V Offline
          V Offline
          Vasudevan Deepak Kumar
          wrote on last edited by
          #4

          In CodeProject, there is an article-utility called Taskmanager Extension. That would show you which file handles are in use and modules using them. You can precisely unload the particular handle and then delete the file.

          Vasudevan Deepak Kumar Personal Homepage Tech Gossips

          W 1 Reply Last reply
          0
          • W WillemM

            Something odd is going on again in my Windows Vista. I want to delete an old demo file for my presentation at school, but it doesn't want to be removed. Strange stuff... Can somebody tell me how I'm going to fix this? Explorer seems to wait for something before removing the file, but I don't know what is keeping it from removing my file.

            L Offline
            L Offline
            led mike
            wrote on last edited by
            #5

            WillemM wrote:

            Can somebody tell me how I'm going to fix this?

            Remove Vista

            V D W 3 Replies Last reply
            0
            • L led mike

              WillemM wrote:

              Can somebody tell me how I'm going to fix this?

              Remove Vista

              V Offline
              V Offline
              Vasudevan Deepak Kumar
              wrote on last edited by
              #6

              :confused:

              Vasudevan Deepak Kumar Personal Homepage Tech Gossips

              1 Reply Last reply
              0
              • L led mike

                WillemM wrote:

                Can somebody tell me how I'm going to fix this?

                Remove Vista

                D Offline
                D Offline
                Dan Neely
                wrote on last edited by
                #7

                led mike wrote:

                WillemM wrote: Can somebody tell me how I'm going to fix this? Remove Vista

                This is just as lame a "Use linux" or "use a mac".

                -- You have to explain to them [VB coders] what you mean by "typed". their first response is likely to be something like, "Of course my code is typed. Do you think i magically project it onto the screen with the power of my mind?" --- John Simmons / outlaw programmer

                L 1 Reply Last reply
                0
                • L led mike

                  WillemM wrote:

                  Can somebody tell me how I'm going to fix this?

                  Remove Vista

                  W Offline
                  W Offline
                  WillemM
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #8

                  that would be the fifth time I reinstalled vista. Not really an option. I found out that the taskmanager extension works :)

                  L 1 Reply Last reply
                  0
                  • V Vasudevan Deepak Kumar

                    In CodeProject, there is an article-utility called Taskmanager Extension. That would show you which file handles are in use and modules using them. You can precisely unload the particular handle and then delete the file.

                    Vasudevan Deepak Kumar Personal Homepage Tech Gossips

                    W Offline
                    W Offline
                    WillemM
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #9

                    Works like a charm. You wouldn't believe it. Explorer.exe had a handle open to the file.

                    1 Reply Last reply
                    0
                    • W WillemM

                      Something odd is going on again in my Windows Vista. I want to delete an old demo file for my presentation at school, but it doesn't want to be removed. Strange stuff... Can somebody tell me how I'm going to fix this? Explorer seems to wait for something before removing the file, but I don't know what is keeping it from removing my file.

                      D Offline
                      D Offline
                      Dario Solera
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #10

                      This happened to me some times. I usually wait for a while and then the file oddly is unlocked and I can delete it. If the problem persists, try to take a look at the file owner which might have been corrupted.

                      If you truly believe you need to pick a mobile phone that "says something" about your personality, don't bother. You don't have a personality. A mental illness, maybe - but not a personality. - Charlie Brooker My Blog - My Photos - ScrewTurn Wiki

                      1 Reply Last reply
                      0
                      • W WillemM

                        Something odd is going on again in my Windows Vista. I want to delete an old demo file for my presentation at school, but it doesn't want to be removed. Strange stuff... Can somebody tell me how I'm going to fix this? Explorer seems to wait for something before removing the file, but I don't know what is keeping it from removing my file.

                        J Offline
                        J Offline
                        jpg 0
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #11

                        format c:

                        1 Reply Last reply
                        0
                        • W WillemM

                          that would be the fifth time I reinstalled vista. Not really an option. I found out that the taskmanager extension works :)

                          L Offline
                          L Offline
                          led mike
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #12

                          WillemM wrote:

                          that would be the fifth time I reinstalled vista.

                          You need to learn to just say "No". ;)

                          W 1 Reply Last reply
                          0
                          • L led mike

                            WillemM wrote:

                            that would be the fifth time I reinstalled vista.

                            You need to learn to just say "No". ;)

                            W Offline
                            W Offline
                            WillemM
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #13

                            Tried it a few times, but Vista replies with: Explorer.exe has encountered an error and needs to close. I just wished my computer was a bit more to the point..

                            1 Reply Last reply
                            0
                            • D Dan Neely

                              led mike wrote:

                              WillemM wrote: Can somebody tell me how I'm going to fix this? Remove Vista

                              This is just as lame a "Use linux" or "use a mac".

                              -- You have to explain to them [VB coders] what you mean by "typed". their first response is likely to be something like, "Of course my code is typed. Do you think i magically project it onto the screen with the power of my mind?" --- John Simmons / outlaw programmer

                              L Offline
                              L Offline
                              led mike
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #14

                              dan neely wrote:

                              This is just as lame a "Use linux" or "use a mac".

                              Well unlike WillemM, I would refuse to "Reinstall" an OS five times... but whatever dude.

                              1 Reply Last reply
                              0
                              Reply
                              • Reply as topic
                              Log in to reply
                              • Oldest to Newest
                              • Newest to Oldest
                              • Most Votes


                              • Login

                              • Don't have an account? Register

                              • Login or register to search.
                              • First post
                                Last post
                              0
                              • Categories
                              • Recent
                              • Tags
                              • Popular
                              • World
                              • Users
                              • Groups