Hi Ishe; Where does someone get this Unlocker tool you speak of? It sounds like it would be a handy tool to have available. I am running XPSP3 Home. Take care. Mike
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ishe Chinyoka" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 11:33 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Deleting corrupt directory 1. Run chkdsk on the directory to recover some chains. or 2. Get the Unlocker tool. It will show you which process is locking that file. Try unlocking the file and delete it. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan & Terrie Robbins" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 8:10 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Deleting corrupt directory > Mike, > > Thanks for the suggestion but does not appear to work. I > finally tracked down the culprit file about 6-7 directories > deep and it has nothing before it. I can't rename it, open > it, move it etc. Any other ideas from anyone? > > Al > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of > Mike & > Barbara > Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 1:21 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Deleting corrupt directory > > > Hi Al; > > If I remember correctly, these corrupted files have a tilda > or some kind of > sign at the front of their title. If you press your F2 key > with the file in > question highlighted and delete the sign out of the name > then press enter I > think the file can now be deleted. Pressing the F2 on a > highlighted file > allows you to change / alter the whole name / title or any > part of it. > After you have made the changes to your title / name press > enter to save the > changes and save them. Hope, and I do mean hope, this > helps. Take care. > Mike > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alan & Terrie Robbins" <[email protected]> > To: "Blind-Computing" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 9:16 AM > Subject: [Blind-Computing] Deleting corrupt directory > > > Good afternoon, > > I run across this problem once in a while and am presently > facing it. Is there a way to delete a directory and/or file > that has become corrupt and window's will not allow one to > delete it? This is an old backup file within a directory on > a back up drive. I know I could re format the drive but then > I would need to copy all the good data back and that is > considerable. Any suggestions? > > Al > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list > visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list > visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
