I accidentally downloaded a file and i cannot delete it, move it or access properties on it. I cant do anything at all to it. It is a picture file. Any ideas on how to remove it?
boot into safe mode and delete it?
Or try deleting it through the command line!
Sounds suspisciously like a virus. Right click the file and select ‘scan’.
NB: This won’t work if your antivirus application doesn’t appear in context menus. Instead you could open up your antivirus, and navigate to the file. Then get it to scan.
If you don’t have anti-virus, then click my signature, and read my 'Windows XP Security Guide in the Windows Forum
how do I delete throught the cmd line? I did a scan on the folder and nothing came up.
Navigate to the file in cmd with the cd command, then just type del (filename.xxx) where filename is obviously the file name and .xxx is the file extension.
If thhat doesn’t work, you could try to rename the file’s extension to .txt and then try deleting it!
I would rename the file but it wont let me. Could you please explain a little more clearly on how to delete with the cmd prompt?
Why aren’t you able to delete/rename the file? What error message does Windows produce? Does it say the file may be in use for example?
Try rebooting into Safe Mode, and then delete the file
If your image is located on your desktop for example, you type this:
cd\documents and settings\**username**\desktopWhere username is your username.
Then once in the desktop directory:
del example.jpgThats about it really.
And to rename a file, you would type:
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Why aren’t you able to delete/rename the file? What error message does Windows produce? Does it say the file may be in use for example?
Try rebooting into Safe Mode, and then delete the file
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I dont get an errors, there just arent many options in the menu when I right clickon the file. Pressing delete doesnt do it either.
I will try the cmd delete later today
To go in Safe Mode restart your computer and start pressing f8 ->Select start windows in Safe Mode
When you are in safe mode, dont run any program or application…Just go to that folder and try to Delete that file.