Humph
December 9th 03, 10:07 AM
>-----Original Message-----
>My computer has dowloaded/ installed several
programs "on
>its own" (such as "my way" on IE). I cannot delete these
>files - I get an error saying that "Error deleting file
or
>folder - access denied - make sure disk is not full,
write
>protected or currently in use." (No other programs are
>running except explorer when I try to do this). I've
>tried 'cutting and pasting' the files but get an error
>that "cannot remove folder: The directory is empty."
I've
>tried by-passing the recycle bin (by changing its
>properties) and even tried changing the properties of
the
>problematic program files from read only (as one post
>thought this might help). Nothing has helped - I cannot
>get rid of these programs that I never wanted in the
first
>place. Does anyone know of some way that I can truly
>delete them?
>.
>Ive had simillar troubles, so I restarted in Safemode
then deleted what I did't want and couldn't delete. Then
rebooted normaly.
>My computer has dowloaded/ installed several
programs "on
>its own" (such as "my way" on IE). I cannot delete these
>files - I get an error saying that "Error deleting file
or
>folder - access denied - make sure disk is not full,
write
>protected or currently in use." (No other programs are
>running except explorer when I try to do this). I've
>tried 'cutting and pasting' the files but get an error
>that "cannot remove folder: The directory is empty."
I've
>tried by-passing the recycle bin (by changing its
>properties) and even tried changing the properties of
the
>problematic program files from read only (as one post
>thought this might help). Nothing has helped - I cannot
>get rid of these programs that I never wanted in the
first
>place. Does anyone know of some way that I can truly
>delete them?
>.
>Ive had simillar troubles, so I restarted in Safemode
then deleted what I did't want and couldn't delete. Then
rebooted normaly.