Deleting Folders/Files that are protected by Windows XP

[weigheyeman]

Hi,
I am having trouble trying to delete files that originate from the My Documents folder.

I have used a backup program to backup the my documents folder. On recovering the backup the files were placed in a "wrapper" folder called Drive(c).

I have recovered the files that I need but now have a folder (Drive(C))and it's contents  that I can't delete because it contains folders that originate in the XP My Documents folder (I think).

Any suggestions on how to tackle this with x2?

Regards,

Charlie

[nikos]

what error message are you getting?
sometimes it's down to access rights, so use the properties dialog (F12) on the folder and change its security into something you can change & delete

[weigheyeman]

That worked.
Thanks Nikos

[puddytootoo]

I think that I may be having the same sort of problem but changing the attributes doesn't help. I still can't delete one empty directory named LETTERS. Here is the error message:

Cannot remove folder LETTERS: the directory is not empty.

But I don't see anything at all in the directory. I have run

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attrib -h g:\*.* /s /d 

to try and expose any hidden files but don't seen any.

Any suggestions on how to get rid of the directory?

Thanks!

James

I should have mentioned that this is a FAT removable usb flash drive.

[Mr.Pleasant]

My experience: usually something is locking the folders or files that you want to delete or move. I use this tool 'Unlocker' to get information about what is locking the file/folder. An other tool, mainly doing the same job is called 'Wholockme'.

[puddytootoo]

Thanks! I was not aware of these tools.