[SOLVED] Undeletable File.

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Hi Samuel.
Boot to a USB drive with linux on it. grab a USB drive, a copy of rufus and a linux distribution.
http://distrowatch.com/ has tons of differing linux distributions and download links. I personally am fond of linux mint with cinnamon.
https://rufus.ie/ the utility used to extract the ISO file to the USB drive.

use rufus to extract the selected ISO to the thumb drive. it will make the drive bootable and you can run linux from the drive once done.
Reboot into linux and proceed to test the hardware. connect to internet, watch videos, await problems.
if linux is good and stable the issue is most likely inside windows or otherwise software related.
this is a test of the hardware.

make the drive, boot to linux and...

R_1

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Hi Samuel.
Boot to a USB drive with linux on it. grab a USB drive, a copy of rufus and a linux distribution.
http://distrowatch.com/ has tons of differing linux distributions and download links. I personally am fond of linux mint with cinnamon.
https://rufus.ie/ the utility used to extract the ISO file to the USB drive.

use rufus to extract the selected ISO to the thumb drive. it will make the drive bootable and you can run linux from the drive once done.
Reboot into linux and proceed to test the hardware. connect to internet, watch videos, await problems.
if linux is good and stable the issue is most likely inside windows or otherwise software related.
this is a test of the hardware.

make the drive, boot to linux and when you get to the linux desktop. mount the drives that have the file on them. once mounted you can browse to the location and delete the file. Linux does not give 2 thoughts about windows permissions and will delete the file. I have used this for years to delete stubborn files like that. once the file has been dealt with reboot to windows and enjoy the file free desktop
 
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Wafcon

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Hi Samuel.
Boot to a USB drive with linux on it. grab a USB drive, a copy of rufus and a linux distribution.
http://distrowatch.com/ has tons of differing linux distributions and download links. I personally am fond of linux mint with cinnamon.
https://rufus.ie/ the utility used to extract the ISO file to the USB drive.

use rufus to extract the selected ISO to the thumb drive. it will make the drive bootable and you can run linux from the drive once done.
Reboot into linux and proceed to test the hardware. connect to internet, watch videos, await problems.
if linux is good and stable the issue is most likely inside windows or otherwise software related.
this is a test of the hardware.

make the drive, boot to linux and when you get to the linux desktop. mount the drives that have the file on them. once mounted you can browse to the location and delete the file. Linux does not give 2 thoughts about windows permissions and will delete the file. I have used this for years to delete stubborn files like that. once the file has been dealt with reboot to windows and enjoy the file free desktop

Ok ill give it a shot, Thanks for the fast reply!