Can't delete folders!

Kol · 22 Apr 2007 at 18:53

Hi guys,

Annoying this one. I cannot delete folders which are within a certain folder of mine. Whenever I try it says cannot read from source disk. Yet, I can open the folder and delete it's contents. It's annoying me now as I have a few of them building up.

Problem seen here:

Also - these folders are not in use, as the computer has been turned off daily (going on for weeks) and there are no files, nor hidden files within them.

Firegod · 22 Apr 2007 at 19:29

Download unlocker.

http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Miscellaneous/Unlocker.shtml

Job a good 'un.

Kol · 22 Apr 2007 at 19:31

Firegod said:
Download unlocker.

http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Miscellaneous/Unlocker.shtml

Job a good 'un.

Cheers Firegod. Giving it a download now and will report back. Thanks for your suggestion

edit - Excellent. Right clicked, wasn't locked, but then chose delete and they were gone! Thanks for your help mate.

bikes · 23 Apr 2007 at 10:10

Sometimes a file is not locked but you still cannot delete it, I use a mixture of unlocker and Killbox

Manlove is my forte · 23 Apr 2007 at 10:45

I get this problem from time to time. I just make a note of it and next time I reboot the PC the file/folder is usually unlocked and can be deleted.