folder wont delete

no it wont delete in safe mode
yes I used killbox
looked for reg keys
it wont budge

chas,
its one of those things that guy put on my pc
where is it?(thats the name of the program)
I uninstalled the program
but the folder eill not leave, will not open
properties dont show anything useful

help. . pls. . .

 

thanks for the reply MA,
the file is a visable file
and I have tried view hidden
and searched for anythin related to the folder
that folder is all that remains

is anyone familiar with the program, itself?

 

There is no files in the folder?
Also, be sure you have the box unchecked next to "Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)"

What does it say when you attempt to delete it from normal and safe mode?

 

access is denied
make sure it is not bieing used or
right restricted
or of the like


yes it is empty

 

Just to make sure, is the below items unchecked?

Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)
Show hidden files and folders
Hide extensions for known files types

 

yes. .
I have enabled all viewing

Hide protected operating system files (unchecked)
Show hidden files and folders (checked)
Hide extensions for known files types (unchecked)

 

I had a undeletable item on my desktop a few days ago, I moved it into another folder and it just let me delete it straight away.

 

cant move or open it
access is denied

cannot delete
access denied
be sure its not right protected or disk is full thingy



I am completely stuck

 

I had one like this a while back, I had to ghost my partition, format my HDD and then write the image back without the folder that I couldnt delete.

Download Pocket KillBox

Now, Copy and Paste THE EXACT FOLDER NAME AND LOCATION into the box – If it exists, it will show up in Blue. Check the option to Delete on Reboot and Click the Red X and Yes to the confirmation message. A message will ask if you want to reboot now – Click YES.

Reboot and see if it still remains.

 

ahem

I'll take a look chas, thanks

 

ok, that showed me what was in the folder wich was successfully deleted
the folder I can move(well moved to the recycle bin)but will not delete
willnot be emtied from bin, wont work with ccleaner, kill box anything. .

 

idea: boot to safemode, open a cmd prompt, open taskmanager, end process on explorer.exe, delete the folder via the cmd prompt. In taskmanager, start explorer.exe again (new task). see if that will do it!

 

I cant restore from the recycle bin
and I cant find it in the promt
where is it!!!

aahhh!!

 

If the "where is it" folder is located in your Program Files folder, then at the command promt you should type:

rd c:\Program Files\where is it?

that will remove the directory (hence rd). Be sure to open the cmd prompt first, then end explorer.exe, then type the command, then start explorer.exe up.

 

the folder "wheretemp" is in the recycle bin, but wont delete or be restored

 

oh,.. try going to the c:\RECYCLER folder and rightclick the files you see in there goto properties, and uncheck the read only box at the bottom. Then go in your recycle bin as normal and delete the folder.

 

its not checked

 

ok, opening taskmanager and a cmd prompt, end processes on explorer and in the cmd prompt do the following:

cd c:\recycler
dir (press tab key), (there may be more than 1 recycle file, so you can do this step again and hit the "tab" key twice, it will cycle to the next file automatically for you)
enter

you should see all files in your recylce bin (renamed), if you recycle bin is empty except for that folder, you'll see it there, (renamed to something like <DIR> DC?? (where ?? are numbers). then type:

del DC?? (use the file name from the previous step).

 

well I know it was renaked "Dc14"
but when I am in the cmd propmt
when I type dir. . well here:

 

let me rephrase that

ok in the dir tab
there are more than one DC?? files
including the one forementioned
but
when I try to del Dc?? or Dc??.xml
the file cannot be found
even though I see it listed in the dir

 

hmmm... a little beyond me, however I have read about getting rid of the recycle bin completely then deleting something and Windows rebuilds it. But I've never done it. Anyone?... (and this is probably more an issue for the sofware forum).

 

anything else can be deleted
and I cant seem to find it in explorerxp

then I ran kill2me and there was no sign of infection, and I scaned anyway
the Recycle bin is empty(as in nothing visibly there), but it still shows something in it

 

i have Find It NT/2000/XP already, though the log . . I cant see anything in it. .
wanna take a look?

that I do know. .I can't find the Recycler itself

the recycle bin now apperas emty(as said in a previous post)
but it says there is something in it when I run the ccleaner or try to empty it

 

now I feel like an arse. . .
got it
thanks,chas

 

yes,sir
it does