File wont delete

[Guest]

I just plugged in my hard drive and found this random file the name of the file are a whole lot of numbers and every time i try to delete it, it wont let me it keeps saying i need permission from administrators how the do i get rid of it please….???

 

[cemster]

There maybe many reason for that.. It might be an outlaw or the sheriff himself..
I am not an expert by any means but I usually deal with these kind of situations by googling the file's name exactly it is written.. See if any similar issues is recorded..

In case you have done that and nothing came up, hence you are here well then you should provide some more information..

Such as, you system info.. Then where this file was? Is it in an active HDD (your bootable system disk) or in a secondary HDD like where your movies, photos are stored?
What folder is it in? Windows folder, in desktop, in Temp Folder, etcetera..

Mean time, if you like you can try this little free tool to unlock the file and then delete it... But if this file is in your system disk I would be careful as you don't want to delete something that you would regret later..

http://www.emptyloop.com/unlocker/#download Scroll down until you see "Download Unlocker 1.9.2 - 32 and 64 bit version"

I hope this helps..

 

[ICTiempo]

Hello try to unlock it with unlocker http://www.techchore.com/2014/02/unlocker.html.....However, if it doesn't work try these:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/pc-security/malware-removal.aspx
http://www.microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-us/default.aspx

Or a System Restore may help you by restoring your PC to earlier date.

 

[cemster]

I need to make an update...

Okay here is my new experience about this.. First of all there few types of files that creeping up in Windows computers that you can not delete..
1. The classic one: The name is too long to delete or move or change the name etcetera. These are relatively very easy. You just shorten the names basically.
2. The 'Can not delete' one or the other reason..
3. This is new for me and the weirdest of them all: The folder is there and files inside but when you try to delete it it says "The system can not find the file!"
So it doesn't exists as far as OS is concern!

I couldn't find a solution for this last one that actually works...

The Unlocker does not work at all, not anymore. With windows 8.1 64 bit anyway...

Also that scanner is not very friendly. I don't want a Microsoft program to make decisions! If it was giving me options to which to delete which to keep it would be OK, but it's not!

Anyway there is no malware in my case what so ever.

So I am as baffled as ever...