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robertbiferi

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I have win xp pro and have a Folder in My Documents that I Delette.

It says
Can't Delette file can't read fromn sorce disk.

It is a Folder I downloaded with a hard to get Song.

Anyway I tryed to Highlight it and then Hold Shift and click Delette and did not work.
I go into Safe Mode and look in My Documents and it does not show up so I can't Delette it in Safe Mode.

I ram my Windows Update for my Secureity Esantals pack and did a Scan and it found nothing.

I was going to try to Delette it in DOS but I am not sure ho the command line would go. The folder I want to delette is in My Documents and in there it is in My Music folder.

My Profile is called Robert Costo
so would I type

C:\documents and settings\robert costo\desktop\my documents\my music\

then the name of the folder in here I want to delette and then the word DEL
???????????
 
To delete a file in command prompt, I believe you just have to typ the word "DEL" and then after that write out the exact path to the file. Before you do that though, right click on the file you wan't to delete and click "Properties" and check to see if the file is read-only, if so, uncheck that and try to delete it.

If you still can't delete it, you could try using this software, which will do it for you: http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/

The below link will explain how to delete things using command prompt, just visit the link if you have any problems deleting the file using cmd.exe:
http://ss64.com/nt/del.html
 
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thanks but

My folder I want to delette is Black Snake Moan
and it is in My Music folder in my documents folder on desktop.

so would I type

del documents and settings\robert costo\desktop\my documents\my music\black snake moan

robert costo is the name of my profile on the system????????
 
No, you would have to type the entire path to the folder. It would look something like this:

C:\"documents and settings"\"robert costo"\desktop\"my documents"\"my music"\"black snake moan"

Typing the above will only delete everything inside the folder, however, and not the folder itself (also note: if the name of the folder or file contains spaces, you have the put the name in quotation marks). If you want to delete the folder, you have to use the deltree command I think, here is an article that tells you how to do that.

Edit: I don't think deltree is recognized anymore in 2000 or XP, you would have to use the another command, refer to this link.
 
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