i have this gay folder on my start menu and i want to delete it.
the problem is, i cant. it says "Cannot delete file: Cannot read from the source file or disk" WTF?
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CCFreak2K!mgsA1X/tJA2005-10-25 22:54
Check its path. Try navigating to the path, then going one up.
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Anonymous2005-10-26 10:23
have you rebooted since you deleted it? because the startmenu has a really common glitch where you'll delete an object, and it will recreate itself for every delete, and none of them actually work since they'll all be deleted.. i think.
try ending explorer and using the command shell, before going for delete-at-reboot programs.
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Anonymous2005-10-26 17:47
And run chkdsk, of course. Also, try navigating to it via the command prompt and seeing if it shows up there. Use dir /x to show its 8.3-format name (eg. FOLDER~1), and delete that (del FOLDER~1).
Copylock is your friend. Google it. It's easy to come across, and has worked 100% of the time whenever I had a file stuck, such as a trojan or being used by Explorer.
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Anonymous2005-10-26 19:45
>>5
deltree isn't a valid command in 2000/XP's command line. The 1990's called, they want their command back.
>>9
Of course. I'd stick with an obsolete and unstable operating system over the lack of a couple of old DOS commands too.
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Anonymous2005-10-28 5:07
>>9
There's rmdir (rd) for that, tard; the Windows NT bundled commandline utilities provide a complete superset of functionality than that of the crappy, deprecated Windowses.
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Anonymous2005-10-28 8:09
I thought rd only worked on empty directories? Deltree was the DOS equivalent of rm -r
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Anonymous2005-10-28 9:45
>>12
Normally yes, but that's what the switches are for. rd /s removes all files and subdirectories within the directory too (and /q does it without prompting all the time).