One of the ways people get in trouble with computers is deleting things that they have absolutely no idea what they are. You really shouldn't try to delete anything until you identify it. Google is a great source for identifying files. Just type in the file name. The swp file or swap file is part of the virtual memory system for your computer. I think it's been there for more than a few days and you just noticed it. You would have to delete it from dos and then it would be recreated the next time you booted into windows.
Ben Moore ----- Original Message ----- From: "knightwriter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2003 10:04 PM Subject: PCWorks: file I cannot delete question > There is a file under c drive named win386, under properties it says swp file. I do not know why this is here or where it came from. It has under created, unknown. Accessed, unknown. No date, however it has only been there a few days. I am trying to delete it and the box unable to delete, you do not have access to this file. File may be in use. I have searched through the registry but nothing comes up there. I want to delete it, what can you do to delete a file that is stubborn. Thank you, Sandy ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
