rafael77677 Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 i trying to delete an folder in "my pictures" folder, but i cant delete that because there is a error message:----------------------------------------error deleting file or foldercannot delete galway IE: Access is denied.Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and the file is not currently in use.C:\Documents and Settings\Samsung\My Documents\My Pictures\galway\galway IE----------------------------------------i have already tried to delete several times, but i always get that errorsomeone to help me???thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Shady Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 i trying to delete an folder in "my pictures" folder, but i cant delete that because there is a error message:----------------------------------------error deleting file or foldercannot delete galway IE: Access is denied.Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and the file is not currently in use.C:\Documents and Settings\Samsung\My Documents\My Pictures\galway\galway IE----------------------------------------i have already tried to delete several times, but i always get that errorsomeone to help me???thanksTry to delete it in safe mode. Or if you have some bootable CDs, boot from it and delete folder from CD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ascii2 Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 Try deleting the file at the command line (you may have to use a wildcard mask).If it fails you may try booting to the Recovery Console and deleting the file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IcemanND Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 Is this XP pro or Home? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neowillendit Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 Also, a process could be "hooking" into that particular folder, and a process doing that won't let you do anything with it.I recommend a program called Unlocker. It's version 1.8.7 and it's rock-solid. All you do is right-click the folder or file that is being used i some way, select "Unlocker" on the context menu, look in the list that pops up for the process thats holding the files or folder, and select "Unlock". As soon as it is "unlocked", you can do whatever you want.Hope that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ascii2 Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 Also, a process could be "hooking" into that particular folder, and a process doing that won't let you do anything with it.I recommend a program called Unlocker. It's version 1.8.7 and it's rock-solid. All you do is right-click the folder or file that is being used i some way, select "Unlocker" on the context menu, look in the list that pops up for the process thats holding the files or folder, and select "Unlock". As soon as it is "unlocked", you can do whatever you want.This would not work if the file is accessed at the driver level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neowillendit Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 Also, a process could be "hooking" into that particular folder, and a process doing that won't let you do anything with it.I recommend a program called Unlocker. It's version 1.8.7 and it's rock-solid. All you do is right-click the folder or file that is being used i some way, select "Unlocker" on the context menu, look in the list that pops up for the process thats holding the files or folder, and select "Unlock". As soon as it is "unlocked", you can do whatever you want.This would not work if the file is accessed at the driver level.Quite right Ascii2,Although I don't suspect that to be the problem as the folder he's trying to manipulate is under a "Samsung" folder...meaning some kind of software from Samsung is likely causing this problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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