re: unable to delete a file
Monday, November 11, 2002 at 12:17 am
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Posted by p.prk
(2 messages posted)
explorer slowed down like hell whatever i tried* to do with the problematic file,
even check it's properties. you must be right about the registry settings, but strange
enough i actually succeeded on deleting it (the file) by deleting the directory it
was in. i'll still check the registry. thanks!
On Monday, November 11, 2002 at 12:06 am, Ron wrote:
>The problem isn't caused by NTFS. This same type of problem happens on FAT partitions
>as well. It's likely that when the program crashed and you rebooted, the entry
in
>the registry that "says" that the file is in use did not get removed or the file
>attribute is set to system. Which means you may need to edit the registry. Try
>scanreg /restore at the command prompt if that doesn't work, you may need to edit
>it manually. Regarding your thought of reverting back to FAT, I wouldn't. The
only
>way to "convert" is to reformat the drive and reinstall everything.
>
>
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