re: Cannot delete a file in XP Wednesday, August 27, 2003 at 6:44 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Martijn (1 messages posted) Hi, I have the same problem and need a solution to prevent this in the future. I know however how to delete the file! Explorer locks the file. So open TaskManager, on the processes tab, kill the explorer process. Now in the File menu, choose Run and type CMD.EXE. Now you can delete the file from the command promp. When finished deleting, choos File - Run and type Explorer to restart the desktop. On Thursday, July 31, 2003 at 5:16 pm, RevBlackie wrote: >Good try, but no dice. I booted up in safe mode as suggested, went into My Computer, >found the files, right clicked, selected properties and... No security tab. Just >the regular stuff that's always there. I'm running XP Professional...am I missing >something here? > > Written in response to: re: Cannot delete a file in XP (RevBlackie: Thursday, July 31, 2003 at 5:16 pm) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] Cannot delete a file in XP (Tony: Thu, Sep 5, 2002, 10:12 pm) re: Cannot delete a file in XP (troy: Thu, Sep 5, 2002, 10:38 pm) re: Cannot delete a file in XP (sreenivas: Fri, Sep 6, 2002, 12:47 am) re: Cannot delete a file in XP (Tony: Fri, Sep 6, 2002, 10:09 pm) re: Cannot delete a file in XP (js: Wed, Aug 6, 2003, 2:10 pm) Using my Network to crack this puppy (js: Wed, Aug 6, 2003, 2:29 pm) re: Cannot delete a file in XP (sreenivas: Sat, Sep 7, 2002, 10:01 pm) re: Cannot delete a file in XP (gold_archimedes: Wed, Jan 22, 2003, 5:45 am) re: It's possible! (RobinWood: Fri, Jan 24, 2003, 4:45 pm) Your a living legend! (Robbie: Tue, May 20, 2003, 11:13 am) Bravo! (jgirl: Wed, May 21, 2003, 5:58 am) re: It's possible! (Mark Schacht: Sat, Aug 2, 2003, 5:07 am) uau (tartar: Mon, Feb 9, 2004, 2:11 am) re: uau (electroguy: Tue, Aug 17, 2004, 8:36 pm) re: uau (ah-jay: Wed, Oct 17, 2007, 1:05 am) re: It's possible! (Steve C: Sat, Dec 18, 2004, 2:45 pm) re: It's possible! (Rick: Fri, Feb 11, 2005, 3:45 am) re: Cannot delete a file in XP (tartfromhell: Thu, May 22, 2003, 1:30 am) re: Cannot delete a file in XP (Lampje: Thu, May 22, 2003, 1:44 pm) re: Cannot delete a file in XP (Mnemonic: Thu, May 22, 2003, 4:30 pm) re: Cannot delete a file in XP (C Shackleton: Sun, Feb 1, 2004, 3:22 pm) re: Cannot delete a file in XP (Brian: Fri, May 30, 2003, 12:02 am) re: Cannot delete a file in XP (Bill Siris: Wed, Nov 4, 2009, 7:50 am) re: Cannot delete a file in XP (MartinM: Wed, Nov 4, 2009, 10:28 am) re: Cannot delete a file in XP (Jupiter102: Sat, Nov 21, 2009, 6:20 pm) re: Cannot delete a file in XP (Crono: Thu, Jun 19, 2003, 1:58 am) re: Cannot delete a file in XP (Imran: Sat, Jun 21, 2003, 11:41 am) re: Cannot delete a file in XP (simo: Mon, Jun 23, 2003, 9:02 am) !re: Cannot delete a file in XP! (Penguin Face: Sun, Aug 3, 2003, 3:06 pm) re: Cannot delete a file in XP (samuel: Sun, Jan 23, 2005, 2:11 am) re: Cannot delete a file in XP (JM: Tue, Feb 8, 2005, 10:50 am) re: Cannot delete a file in XP (Toestub: Mon, Nov 28, 2005, 8:30 pm) Cannot delete a folder structure in XP (Christin: Thu, Aug 16, 2007, 7:52 am) re: Cannot delete a folder structure in XP (Steve: Fri, Aug 24, 2007, 10:08 pm) re: Cannot delete a folder structure in XP (Steve: Fri, Aug 24, 2007, 10:32 pm) re: Cannot delete a file in XP (Mario: Mon, Aug 25, 2003, 7:39 am) re: Cannot delete a file in XP (Carlos: Sat, Aug 30, 2003, 9:13 am) re: Cannot delete a file in XP (alex: Sun, Jun 22, 2003, 11:10 am) re: Cannot delete a file in XP (blingbling: Sat, Jun 28, 2003, 7:16 am) re: Cannot delete a file in XP (mark: Sat, Jul 5, 2003, 12:00 pm) File deletion error - XP W98 *$#!! (Barrie J: Thu, Jul 10, 2003, 12:51 am) re: File deletion error - XP W98 *$#!! (Barrie J: Mon, Jul 14, 2003, 4:19 am) re: File deletion error - XP W98 *$#!! (Juan: Tue, Jul 15, 2003, 6:32 pm) re: File deletion error - XP W98 *$#!! (Barrie J: Wed, Jul 16, 2003, 1:18 am) re: File deletion error - XP W98 *$#!! (Juan: Fri, Jul 18, 2003, 4:56 pm) re: Cannot delete a file in XP (Antony: Sun, Jul 27, 2003, 12:04 am) re: Cannot delete a file in XP (Kerry Berg: Wed, Jul 30, 2003, 7:45 am) re: Cannot delete a file in XP (RevBlackie: Wed, Jul 30, 2003, 3:15 pm) re: Cannot delete a file in XP (Tobin: Thu, Jul 31, 2003, 1:30 pm) re: Cannot delete a file in XP (RevBlackie: Thu, Jul 31, 2003, 5:16 pm) re: Cannot delete a file in XP (Martijn: Wed, Aug 27, 2003, 6:44 am) re: Cannot delete a file in XP (Ken: Fri, Sep 5, 2003, 9:14 am) re: Cannot delete a file in XP (eNos: Wed, Jun 15, 2005, 3:14 pm) re: Cannot delete a file in XP (jose: Sun, Aug 31, 2003, 12:24 pm) re: Cannot delete a file in XP (sherman: Thu, Mar 10, 2005, 9:14 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum