can't delete file any advice please

[fredbert]

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This is the name of a file I just found on my computer I have tried every thing I know to delete it, bleach with spysweeper etc does not work.

I have scanned it and there are no nasties in it the thing that worries me is that I simply cannot delete it.

Any ideas would be gratefully received.

[Scoobs]

Have you booted into safe mode you maybe able to delete it that way.

Bit of a wierd file that one

[prying eyes]

deleting files with long file names which exceed the windows limit............
This is a problem when u try to save some webpages which has long urls or a long name file under many subfolders.

Hmm, le'mme remember what I did. (sometiimes just dos or safe mode don't work, still it's good to try deleting the file either in safe mode or at command prompt. The actual problem can be due to various reasons, sometime just a reboot will solve the problem of error in deleting).
Other options:
1. Can u rename the file to something short like "abc". If it's not possible, try again in safe mode. then delete. Also keep pressing the shift key while deleting (for permanent deletion). Also try renaming all the folders which has access to the file to a single letter. (purpose same)
2. can u delete the folder which the file contains??
3. can u move the folder to another location? If so, move to root of any drive, the try delete.
4. if data is corrupt, do a diskerror checking (See this link for procedure).

additionally, u may want to look at this microsoft article. also
Ha, I remember long long time back, facing this problem, I moved every data except that problem file from that partition to another one and formatted it. Wow, what a relief was that.

[prying eyes]

or use a third party utility to delete file before windows boots up.
I just found this site and seems good too.
http://www.softwarepatch.com/tips/howto-delete-xp.html

[canta]

Boot to DOS or the CD. Try http://www.download.com/ZTreeWin/300...l?tag=lst-0-18

[fredbert]

Thanks all for the advice, I did reboot but the file did not delete, but it has now disappeared. Totally confused or what.

Thanks again.