unable to delete file

[Judy Corbett]

Using XP Home Edition. I had to delete Norton Systemworks.
2 small files, less than 300k refuse to go away. Denied
access to delete. I even cleared all calls in registry. I
don't know what the attributes are on the files (1 is a
dll). I can't even move the files to another drive, it
only copies them and still refuses to delete them in the
original location.
I need to re-install NSW. What happens if I just install
over these 2 files.
Judy

[Unknown]

Boot up in safe mode and then delete. You'll be better off not installing
NSW.
"Judy Corbett" > wrote in message
...
> Using XP Home Edition. I had to delete Norton Systemworks.
> 2 small files, less than 300k refuse to go away. Denied
> access to delete. I even cleared all calls in registry. I
> don't know what the attributes are on the files (1 is a
> dll). I can't even move the files to another drive, it
> only copies them and still refuses to delete them in the
> original location.
> I need to re-install NSW. What happens if I just install
> over these 2 files.
> Judy

[Chek]

One way that I've found that works with undeletable files (and I'd really
like to know how they acquire that attribute) is to create a new folder,
drag the file(s) into it, then delete the folder.
Chek

"Judy Corbett" > wrote in message
...
> Using XP Home Edition. I had to delete Norton Systemworks.
> 2 small files, less than 300k refuse to go away. Denied
> access to delete. I even cleared all calls in registry. I
> don't know what the attributes are on the files (1 is a
> dll). I can't even move the files to another drive, it
> only copies them and still refuses to delete them in the
> original location.
> I need to re-install NSW. What happens if I just install
> over these 2 files.
> Judy

[CWatters]

That sounds like the file is inheriting it's access rights from the folder
it's in?


"Chek" > wrote in message
...
> One way that I've found that works with undeletable files (and I'd really
> like to know how they acquire that attribute) is to create a new folder,
> drag the file(s) into it, then delete the folder.
> Chek
>
> "Judy Corbett" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Using XP Home Edition. I had to delete Norton Systemworks.
> > 2 small files, less than 300k refuse to go away. Denied
> > access to delete. I even cleared all calls in registry. I
> > don't know what the attributes are on the files (1 is a
> > dll). I can't even move the files to another drive, it
> > only copies them and still refuses to delete them in the
> > original location.
> > I need to re-install NSW. What happens if I just install
> > over these 2 files.
> > Judy
>
>

[Chek]

The two files I had the 'undeletable' experience with were both D/L'd via
Kazaa,
into the normal shared folder, so I'm unsure that you're folder access
explanation is correct.
But thanks for the input :)
Chek

"CWatters" > wrote in message
...
> That sounds like the file is inheriting it's access rights from the folder
> it's in?
>
>
> "Chek" > wrote in message
> ...
> > One way that I've found that works with undeletable files (and I'd
really
> > like to know how they acquire that attribute) is to create a new folder,
> > drag the file(s) into it, then delete the folder.
> > Chek
> >
> > "Judy Corbett" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > Using XP Home Edition. I had to delete Norton Systemworks.
> > > 2 small files, less than 300k refuse to go away. Denied
> > > access to delete. I even cleared all calls in registry. I
> > > don't know what the attributes are on the files (1 is a
> > > dll). I can't even move the files to another drive, it
> > > only copies them and still refuses to delete them in the
> > > original location.
> > > I need to re-install NSW. What happens if I just install
> > > over these 2 files.
> > > Judy
> >
> >
>
>