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re: ''Print'' and ''Send To'' options on right-clicking a file Monday, July 21, 2003 at 10:45 am Posted by Allen Castleberry (53 messages posted) Just highlight the file you want to delete and press "Delete" on your keyboard. On Monday, July 21, 2003 at 10:36 am, Geoff wrote: >Another undeletable/unmoveable file issue: > >When I right-click on a file it only brings up a "Print" and "Send To" option. Since >there are no standard "right-click" options I can't move or delete this file. Drag-and-Drop >did not work. I tried accessing the file through DOS, but it still did not work. > How can I delete this file or move it somewhere else? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: ''Print'' and ''Send To'' options on right-clicking a file Monday, July 21, 2003 at 10:49 am Posted by Geoff (191 messages posted) Doesn't work ... try again! On Monday, July 21, 2003 at 10:45 am, Allen Castleberry wrote: >Just highlight the file you want to delete and press "Delete" on your keyboard. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: ''Print'' and ''Send To'' options on right-clicking a file Monday, July 21, 2003 at 10:54 am Posted by Allen Castleberry (53 messages posted) If that doesn't work, wipe and re-install Windows. "delete" should always work. On Monday, July 21, 2003 at 10:49 am, Geoff wrote: >Doesn't work ... try again! > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: ''Print'' and ''Send To'' options on right-clicking a file Monday, July 21, 2003 at 11:25 am Posted by Ricer46 (22013 messages posted) To extreme - this phenomenon is common in XP. On Monday, July 21, 2003 at 10:54 am, Allen Castleberry wrote: >If that doesn't work, wipe and re-install Windows. "delete" should always work. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: ''Print'' and ''Send To'' options on right-clicking a file Monday, July 21, 2003 at 11:26 am Posted by Ricer46 (22013 messages posted) Presummably this is some sort of multimedia file? Try rebooting to safe mode and deleting from there, if that doesn't work there is still another trick to try. On Monday, July 21, 2003 at 10:49 am, Geoff wrote: >Doesn't work ... try again! > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: ''Print'' and ''Send To'' options on right-clicking a file Monday, July 21, 2003 at 12:24 pm Posted by mojosoupus (14 messages posted) Check you file permissions first. Then look for less extreme options. On Monday, July 21, 2003 at 11:25 am, Ricer46 wrote: >To extreme - this phenomenon is common in XP. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: ''Print'' and ''Send To'' options on right-clicking a file Monday, July 21, 2003 at 1:00 pm Posted by Allen Castleberry (53 messages posted) Sorry. I was being sarcastic here. I guess I should have explained that better. On Monday, July 21, 2003 at 10:54 am, Allen Castleberry wrote: >If that doesn't work, wipe and re-install Windows. "delete" should always work. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: ''Print'' and ''Send To'' options on right-clicking a file Monday, July 21, 2003 at 1:32 pm Posted by Ricer46 (22013 messages posted) There have been many instances of this bug reported in this forum where avi, mpeg, and jpg files can not be deleted. Seems that explorer is the application that is "busy" that prevents being able delete them. And after 50 XP updates, M$ still has not provided a fix. On Monday, July 21, 2003 at 1:00 pm, Allen Castleberry wrote: >Sorry. I was being sarcastic here. I guess I should have explained that better. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: ''Print'' and ''Send To'' options on right-clicking a file Monday, July 21, 2003 at 3:36 pm Posted by Geoff (191 messages posted) The file appears to be some type of web database application file. On Monday, July 21, 2003 at 11:26 am, Ricer46 wrote: >Presummably this is some sort of multimedia file? Try rebooting to safe mode and >deleting from there, if that doesn't work there is still another trick to try. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: ''Print'' and ''Send To'' options on right-clicking a file Monday, July 21, 2003 at 3:46 pm Posted by Ricer46 (22013 messages posted) Sounds like a different problem than the usual. What's the file extension? Can you identify an app running in Task Manager that might be related? Have you run Spybit? On Monday, July 21, 2003 at 3:36 pm, Geoff wrote: >The file appears to be some type of web database application file. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: ''Print'' and ''Send To'' options on right-clicking a file Monday, July 21, 2003 at 4:08 pm Posted by Geoff (191 messages posted) Yup, I've run the spy and virus detectors on it ... seems a benign file. I checked for handles and nothing there. It's just a stubborn file. On Monday, July 21, 2003 at 3:46 pm, Ricer46 wrote: >Sounds like a different problem than the usual. What's the file extension? Can you >identify an app running in Task Manager that might be related? Have you run Spybit? > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: ''Print'' and ''Send To'' options on right-clicking a file Monday, July 21, 2003 at 4:56 pm Posted by Ricer46 (22013 messages posted) You didn't state the extension, or error message. Here's one of the last ditch alternatives: open a command Window open task manager and kill explorer go back to the command winow and delete the file with a DOS command then go back to task manager and restart explorer I've never tried that, but have seen it posted a few times as a solution. But I've never had the non-deletable file problem. On Monday, July 21, 2003 at 4:08 pm, Geoff wrote: >Yup, I've run the spy and virus detectors on it ... seems a benign file. I checked >for handles and nothing there. It's just a stubborn file. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum