Folders and Files won't delete

[karling07]

Do i have a virus or something? On my pc, there are some folders and files (like just music files or something) that wont delete. it keeps saying they are being used or something and i know im not listening to the song...

thanks

 

[mammikoura]

Well update ur anti-virus and do a full system scan. If u want to delete the files go to safe mode and u should be able to delete them.

 

[Tommy Boy]

or there are programs you can delete that will force this stuff to delete, I don't know any offhand, but I'll see if I can find something for you.

edit: give this a try
http://www.download.com/Unlocker/3000-2094_4-10389110.html?tag=lst-0-5

 

[JjEjFjF]

Unlocker works great.

 

[TRDCorolla1]

I get that sometime too. The exact same error message. It could mean that your PC is hung up on a particular process. Mine gets hung up when trying to delete some video files (usually pretty large files) and my process for IE jumps through the roof.

Don't know why it happens, but a disk cleanup and degrag generally helps me. Until it gets all cluttered up again. I only have a single partition on my hard drive so it's always working hard.

 

[elmonomalo]

1. reboot pc
2. press F8 while the comp is booting.
3. choose safe mode.
4. run cleaners/delete files/edit registry