Deleting folder.

[Davie160487]

is there anyway to delete folders that say they are not accessible

 

[Bobo]

Could you elaborate a little more on your exact problem?

 

[Burgerbob]

I think he means folders that dont give him permission to delete. As long as they arent system ones with DLLs in them, then use a program like Unlocker.

 

[Davie160487]

they are password protected and when i try to delete its says cannot delete

 

[heyman421]

depends on what's in it

xp has a lot of locked folders that can't be deleted, such as "xerox" "outlook" and a few others. best just to make it invisible and forget about it

if it's a folder with a long name (p2p hacker bs) like "full_movie_in_dvd_i_bet_you_will_have_a_hard_time_deleting_me_128kbit_divx_blahblahblah_featuring_notorious_big"
try simply renaming the folder, and the files inside to short titles like "b" and "a" and then trying again. windows can't access folders and files with really long pathnames, and most of them were created with macs or linux machines.

also, it could simply just be a busy file (being used by the system) in which case a program like unlocker, as mentioned above, should take care of it.

locked files/folders can be a huge pita, tho, hope you get it taken care of

 

[heyman421]

ah, it's the 2nd one, then

rename the folder and file to one word titles, and then try deleting it again

 

[Davie160487]

cheers unlocker worked