Can’t delete on PC

[Robert Lambie]

not sure if i have this right but only time i get that mate is if another program has the file open at the same time. i.e. you open a picture in photoshop. then in windows explorer try and delete it… because its open in photoshop it will deny you the right and say its being used.
answer is to close all programs that may share the file. go to windows explorer and delete the file there. quick keys to windows explorer is hold "start/windows picture key" then press the letter "E".

Im probably wrong on your problem but thought ide mention it… :lol1:

[Peter Normington]

What sort of files Andrew?

Peter

[Andrew Boyle]

They’re all ai, pdf and eps files.
Even on a clean restart not connected to anything, nothing in the ports etc………no applications open. I still can’t delete 😕

Appreciate it 😀

[Nicola McIntosh]

unlocker does it andrew….give me two mins and i’ll find it for you 😉

nik

[Peter Normington]

this it nik?
http://www.topdrawerdownloads.com/download/104402

[Andrew Boyle]

Great………..will give it a try……..it won’t let me delete about half the jobs I have on my desktop….any idea if there’s anything I can do to stop it happening in the first place? I don’t want to f about with it too much it’s used mainly for the RIP and large’ish files 😀

[Nicola McIntosh]

quote Peter Normington:

this it nik?
http://www.topdrawerdownloads.com/download/104402

yes it is peter..thanks saved me looking for it on another machine 😉

nik

[John Singh]

I can’t believe I’m trying to do the same bloomin’ thing at this very moment
Two stubborn corrupted ai files sent to me
Can’t shift them from the recycle bin which means painstakingly removing each file
Will try this
Thanks Peter and Nik

[John Singh]

Well just tried it
It worked!!!!
Absolutely brilliant and saved me loads of time and frustration as I seemed to have thousands of piccys needing to be deleted
Thanks to the crew

[Alan Cooper]

I’ve had almost 300mb in my recycle bin for weeks that I couldn’t delete.Just downloaded this software and they’ve all been deleted-fantastic

Alan

[Andrew Boyle]

Worked a treat and simple 😀 Thanks

[Brian Little]

try this folks … ilove it http://www.ccleaner.com

[Gordon Forbes]

start in safe mode and delete em

[Derek Heron]

thanks for the link guys this has been doing my head in for ages trying to get rid of stuff from My desk top.
😀
the pc in question is by itself not connected to tinternet as it runs the cadet , just loaded advanced windows care onto it as it has been having problems on start up i was having to re boot etc to get going .
now touch wood starts up n o problem and quicker

😀

Derek

[David Rowland]

remember when deleting JPG’s and your using the thumbnail or picture view, the damn thing tries to create index thumbnails so it prevents you from deleting files in explorer, normally after 10second you can delete them.

Ok ur sorted… if your on network, permissions can be one reason why you cant delete..