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Liam
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   10th Nov 06 at 20:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Someone sent me a file earlier. Now I can't delete it I have found it in the command prompt window.

But what do I type to delete it.

Here it the path to said file.

C:\Documents and Settings\Liam\Desktop\My Music

Then its a file in that folder.

How can I delete it
Steve
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10th Nov 06 at 20:41   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
del filename
Liam
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10th Nov 06 at 20:43   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
del C:\Documents and Settings\Liam\Desktop\My Music\filename ?

Does it have to be the full file name?
Steve
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10th Nov 06 at 20:56   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yes but if its longer than 8 characters you may have to add an ~1 after the either character ie

my filename.doc would be

myfilena~1.doc
Liam
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10th Nov 06 at 21:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Right. Complicated for me I'll leave it, got to format PC soon anyway

Cheers Steve
SetH
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10th Nov 06 at 21:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
you sure the file is not in use by an application?
Liam
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10th Nov 06 at 22:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
100% sure, i started my comp in Safe mode, and i still couldn't delete it
James_DT
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11th Nov 06 at 01:41   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
If you're in the directory, then you just need to type "del filename".
Otherwise
code:


del "C:\Documents and Settings\Liam\Desktop\My Music\file name"

should do.
Dan B
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11th Nov 06 at 01:41   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
If the filename has spaces in it, either use just the first six letters (ignoring spaces) and tag ~1 on the end, or enclose the full filename (with spaces) in " " quotes.
Liam
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11th Nov 06 at 21:01   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
None of that worked guys
Dan B
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11th Nov 06 at 22:47   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
What does it say when you try to delete it?
Liam
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11th Nov 06 at 23:08   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Says it can't be found.
Dan B
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12th Nov 06 at 00:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Does it let you rename it in Windows, to something short and without symbols/spaces/etc?
LeeM
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12th Nov 06 at 00:56   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
im the same, mines porn though
whats a command prompt window?

[Edited on 12-11-2006 by lee_wee]
Dan B
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12th Nov 06 at 01:14   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Start button --> Run... --> type in: cmd --> OK

That's a command-prompt window.
LeeM
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12th Nov 06 at 01:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
difference between typing command or cmd? all the above methods didnt work when i typed command? will try it in cmd now
LeeM
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12th Nov 06 at 01:53   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
the filename, directory name,or volume label syntax is incorrect
kmw
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12th Nov 06 at 03:17   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I've had this problem. Just download MoveOnBoot
Liam
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12th Nov 06 at 10:10   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
That didnt work

Cheers though, I'm reformatting my PC later.
jamesw
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12th Nov 06 at 10:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
the filename isnt stupidly long is it? try cut and pasting it onto the root of the c: drive then deleting it.
Liam
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12th Nov 06 at 10:47   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Its massive, but i cant even rename it
abdus
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12th Nov 06 at 10:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
did you check in your processes?
Liam
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12th Nov 06 at 11:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Yes, not there.
abdus
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12th Nov 06 at 11:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
what the file name? can't rename it? which extension?
Liam
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12th Nov 06 at 11:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
its ok now, im formatting PC needed doing anyway, cheers though

 
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