Cannot Delete File or folder; ntuser.dat
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Cannot Delete File or folder; ntuser.dat
Friday, May 2, 2008 at 12:29 pm
Posted by Bill Martin
(3 messages posted)
When I click on the Windows 2000 tray icon to open Outlook Express 6, I get a screen
that says:
Error Deleting File or Folder.
Cannot delete ntuser.dat: There has been a sharing violation.
[There is an OK button at the bottom]
There is no other copy of Outlook Express in use.
When I click OK, Outlook Express opens.
What do I do to cure this?
Many thanks.
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re: Cannot Delete File or folder; ntuser.dat
Sunday, May 4, 2008 at 1:22 pm
Posted by geek9pm
(475 messages posted)
If you don't know what it is, leave it alone!
You can search the Microsoft site and find that NTUser.dat is a system file
that must be present for a user account to function.
The error you have is that something is trying to delete it. That is the error.
I suggest you creatae and new user account and configure you e-mail in the new user
account. The is a quick work-around until you find out what is trying to modify the
NTUser file.
Geek9pm 
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DO NOT Delete NTUser.dat - Why?
Sunday, May 4, 2008 at 1:49 pm
Posted by geek9pm
(475 messages posted)
This link gives more information about User Profiles, including
the
NTUser.dat system
file.
Differences in the
User Profiles in Windows
Geek9pm
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re: DO NOT Delete NTUser.dat - Why?
Sunday, May 4, 2008 at 2:07 pm
Posted by Bill Martin
(3 messages posted)
Geek9pm, thank you for the advice. I appreciate the help in both of your replies.
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re: Cannot Delete File or folder; ntuser.dat
Thursday, May 8, 2008 at 1:44 pm
Posted by Bill Martin
(3 messages posted)
I did as I think you suggested. I established a new email account. It has the same
username and specifications as the old one.
Then I deleted the old one.
There is now only the new email account.
However, that error screen "Cannot Delete File or folder; ntuser.dat" still appears.
Even Restarting the computer twice didn't help.
What should I try now to eliminate this error screen?
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