Best way to delete a file you can't delete?

[Guest boe]

Hello,

 

Occassionally I'll find a file that I can't delete even from the server

console - even after I've rebooted and no one else is on the server. They

aren't dll's or executables or anything being used - sometimes they are

pictures, sometimes sounds - but I can't delete them.

 

This is on a Win2k3 Server R2 SP2

 

Thanks

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: Best way to delete a file you can't delete?

 

 

"boe" <boe_d@nospam1hotmail.com> wrote in message

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> Hello,

>

> Occassionally I'll find a file that I can't delete even from the server

> console - even after I've rebooted and no one else is on the server.

> They aren't dll's or executables or anything being used - sometimes they

> are pictures, sometimes sounds - but I can't delete them.

>

> This is on a Win2k3 Server R2 SP2

>

> Thanks

 

Unlocker appears to be fairly effective: http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/

[Guest Herb Martin]

Re: Best way to delete a file you can't delete?

 

 

"Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> wrote in message

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>

> "boe" <boe_d@nospam1hotmail.com> wrote in message

> news:ed0abaPoIHA.4760@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>> Hello,

>>

>> Occassionally I'll find a file that I can't delete even from the server

>> console - even after I've rebooted and no one else is on the server. They

>> aren't dll's or executables or anything being used - sometimes they are

>> pictures, sometimes sounds - but I can't delete them.

>>

>> This is on a Win2k3 Server R2 SP2

>>

>> Thanks

>

> Unlocker appears to be fairly effective: http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/

 

Cool. Thanks.

 

Sometimes you can RENAME a locked file and then it will be removable

after reboot.