can not delete a file

[barcharcraz]

I play oblivion and there is a mod that I downloaded which was a .zip I installed it with no problem but after a couple months aka now I want to get rid of the download file.

so I try to delete it and get a error saying access denied.

OK I think lets see what happens when I open the file in 7zip, what happens it that it just loops back to the directory that the file is in (obviously a corrupted file)

next I get a file shredder, nope no luck.

by the way there are no programs that are using it.

there are also some others like this that have the same problem all oblivion mods all .zips

Edited December 29, 2006 by barcharcraz

[evilkorn]

Have you tried "unlocker"?

[barcharcraz]

is that a program for download?

[Ponch]

I'd say it's a good occasion to make yourself a "Bart PE" disk.

[Jeremy]

Unlocker

For future reference, Google Is Your Friend.

[barcharcraz]

just to ask why whould I want a BartPE for this

I have one and it would not help

Edited December 30, 2006 by barcharcraz

[Mikep7779]

You would want bart b.c its not windows. Windows isnt allowing you to delete the file, so by bypassing windows you can delete the file.

[Jeremy]

He should be able to use Unlocker on the file and with the Assistant delete it upon next reboot if it won't delete as is. Or boot to a CD like UBCD, XPCD, ERD Commander 2005, Reatogo Builder, to delete it.

[[deXter]]

Why use third party programs when Windows has the functionality built in?

Fire up Regedit. (Start-menu -> Run -> regedit)

Head over to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager

In the right pane, right click and create a new Multi-string value and name it PendingFileRenameOperations

Edit it and type

\??\C:\full path of the file u want to delete\filename.ext

For eg, if I want to delete one tpgtrypr.dll in my system32 folder, I'd type:

\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\tpgtrypr.dll

(followed by an enter)

Save it and reboot your computer. The file will be delted on reboot. You can also delete multiple files this way by typing it on a new line.

[Jeremy]

Thanks for that, Dexter.

[barcharcraz]

thank you all unlocker seems to work fine

[Brando569]

Why use third party programs when Windows has the functionality built in?

Fire up Regedit. (Start-menu -> Run -> regedit)

Head over to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager

In the right pane, right click and create a new Multi-string value and name it PendingFileRenameOperations

Edit it and type

\??\C:\full path of the file u want to delete\filename.ext

For eg, if I want to delete one tpgtrypr.dll in my system32 folder, I'd type:

\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\tpgtrypr.dll

(followed by an enter)

Save it and reboot your computer. The file will be delted on reboot. You can also delete multiple files this way by typing it on a new line.

interresting, but unlocker is alot easier lol

[Ponch]

interresting, but unlocker is alot easier lol

would you say booting Bart PE and simply delete the file was too easy ?