The name of the file is C:\Documents and Setting\MyName\MyDocuments\My Pictures\Photo Class

It is a folder I made to store my Picture for my photography class. The properties state no file name, no open with , no bytes. It just a folder with nothing in it . But it will not let me Delete it.  The folder was established with the New folder command. I do not now what happen.

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 Mary

Read Only was not check. I tryed checking it to delete . Did not work either way

Thank You .

The file maybe in use by another program. Try renaming the file and then rebooting. Can you delete the renamed file?

Appetiser

When I tried to rename it it came up with the following error message Cannot rename file" Cannot read from the source file or disk

Thank You

Have you tried Redwolfe's tip to use the removeonreboot tool? This is the way that install progs update things which is why you often get the message to reboot to complete installation.

Appetiser

I have not download the Move On Boot download yet . I am unfamiliar with the Webattack.com download site and I was try to find out more information on the site to make sure it was a save site to download from. Have you used this site before . Is it save.

Thank You.

Message Edited by redwolfe_98 on 04-17-2003 07:23 AM

I have had a look in the Windows XP annoyances book. They suggest in this order:

1) close the application that is using the file (task manager if it is a procees, services.msc if it is a service), then delete.

2) use the command prompt start > programs > accessories > command prompt. use the cd command to change to the folder containing the file then use the del command to delete e.g del myoldfile.txt

3) Rename the file

4) Use safe mode,  restart the computer, press f8 before windows startup logo appears, use up/down arrow keys to select safe mode with command prompt, when the command prompt window appears use cd and del as in 2,  then restart by typing shutdown -s -t 0

5) Use recovery console, select during boot up as in 4, even lower level than safe mode as windows is not running at all.

6) Use wininit.ini ( I guess this is what the move on boot prog does) but you can it manually, I would try items 4 & 5 first then wininit: as per the book -

open explorer, go to \windows folder
double click Wininit.ini to open in notepad (if it isn't there create a new file in notepad and add the following line at the top:  [rename]
under the rename section type the following NUL=c:\folder\filename.ext where this is the full path to the file

the finished Wininit.ini should like something like this

[rename]
NUL=c:\windows\temp\myoldfile.txt

Then reboot the system and Windows will delete the file during the boot up. Hope one of the works! let us know which level you had to go to.

Message Edited by Appetiser on 04-16-2003 11:05 PM

I tried the remove on boot. The file folder is still there. I had to manual type the Browse.It came up with that the file did not exist. I ran the program any and Rebooted my computer Still there.

I really appreciate all your help

Thank You

 If not take a look at this

http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win2000/n1009843709