HELP! Can't delete file!

Discussion in 'Malware Help (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by porkman385, Dec 20, 2006.

  1. porkman385

    porkman385 Private E-2

    Alright, so I was trying to downloadd the music video for "**** me" off of limewire. I tried to click it as results were still coming in, and it got moved while I was clicking. I accidentally ended up clicking something with a really long file name that has to do with preteen ****. It said it was 10.6 megs, but before I hit cancel it was done downloading. I went to my shared folder to delete it, and when I right clicked I got a menu of "play", and some add to list options. I alswo have an open with and send to option (it won't let me send anywhere tho). I tried pressing delete. Nothing. I tried a virus scan. Nothing. I tried deleting it from command prompt. It said file Name too long. I tried renaming it. Didn't work. I even downloaded a program called delete doctor, and when I tried to delete it, it said the file name is invalid.
     
  2. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Options to delete this errant file are,


    1. Pocket Killbox
    2. MoveOnBoot this one, once you dragNdrop the file or browse for its location, deletes the file on reboot, so any applications that have locked the file are not running so cannot lock it before deletion.. my fav!
    3. Unlocker


    if they dont clear the file/folder in Normal mode, try Safe Mode.
     

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