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Sun, 2007-09-02 10:23 — admin

Reboot, then delete.

Command line window: DEL or RMDIR or RD command

Kill all explorer.exe tasks, then use command line window.

Log off, log on, then use command line window.

Reboot, then use command line window.

Delete whole folder that contains problem file or folder.

Command line window: delete whole folder with: rmdir "folder name" /s

DIR /X, then use the short (8+3 characters) name.

Boot into safe mode, then delete.

Stop running program, then delete .exe file.

Registry entries \??\... and !\??\... in Session Manager, reboot

Boot into another operating system, delete from there.

Connect hard disk to other computer, delete from there.

Use Unlocker utility program. [Please vote here and add a comment if you used a different program.]

Path too long: use subst to create shorter path, then delete.

Other method, not mentioned here. [Please add a comment and describe what worked for you.]

None of the methods worked. I still have the offending file or folder and cannot delete it. [Please add a comment with details.]

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