I can't delete my file....Everytime I try to delete it, it says "Access Denied"...."Make Sure the disk is not full or write protected and that the file is not currently in use"
Help me ...please.....
2006-08-29 22:05:50 · 7 answers · asked by Luke 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
it's not in the hard drive, it's in my ThumbDrive
2006-08-29 22:10:47 · update #1
it means some process is using the file.
close the application/process and try delete
or u can do it when u restart ur pc
2006-08-29 22:10:27 · answer #1 · answered by srihari_reddy_s 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you have a thumb drive which holds a card or has an embedded memory?.... Because some of the SD cards which have a write lock protection happen to get locked (mechanical problem).... I have a thumb drive which holds a lexar SD card which gets write protected when directly inserted into the SD drive of my laptop but works well on SD card writer...
If yours is a thumb drive with embedded SD card then the most probable reason could be that some process of your OS is still accessing some file on the thumb drive... "Restarting the PC and deleting the files immediately on bootup" - is one of the "almost" fullproof solutions (unless you have some program locking the removable disks on startup)... If this still does not work then there must be some mechanical failure... Contact the support person of your thumb drive and get it checked....
2006-08-30 06:01:04 · answer #2 · answered by Kailu 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where are you deleting the file from?
If floppy disk, check that the disk is not write protected.
If from HDD, check that the file is not in used. Closed all application.
Sometime, there are background applications holding on to the files, so worse come to worse, you have to power up the PC is SAFE mode, and delete that files.
One thing which I hope, you are not deleting the file from a CDR.
Hahaha.... just joking.
2006-08-30 05:11:33 · answer #3 · answered by boonleel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to start->run
Type cmd and enter...
Now go to taskmanager and end the explorer.exe process..
Now u will have only cmd.. Now delete the file from the command line ( Hope u will be able to delete now).. After that again go to task manager and click new task and type explorer.exe..
2006-08-30 05:35:11 · answer #4 · answered by nawin 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you have a programme or folder open that is still linked to the file =- close or prgrammes and files - try again if this fails - restarting the computer will let you remove it
2006-08-30 05:09:59 · answer #5 · answered by bluebottle 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what file are you tring to delete? is it off of your hdd or a floppy shutdown all programs on your computer and then try to erase it
2006-08-30 05:10:58 · answer #6 · answered by sivart7555 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Finally, start your computer in SAFE Mode and remove it. It'll absolutely remove.
2006-08-30 05:14:55 · answer #7 · answered by Harshad Bhadka 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋