KVR Audio

stale bread · Post by **stale bread** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 6:02 am

ok i was copying my mp3 libraRY FROM one drive to another and it all went ok accept for a few files/folders. for some reason i can't drag them to the trashcan, or delete or anything. these folders/files are not being used by any other application. all i get is a message saying files corrupted or something and can't delete, whats that all about?

spacefox · Post by **spacefox** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 6:06 am

http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/

(I assume you tried restarting anothing helps)

Sickle · Post by **Sickle** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 6:09 am

heh..I have an Immortal/UnDelete-able Folder on my work machine's HD going on 2 years creted by a certain Developer buddy here who will go Un-Nameless but knows who he is..

I've tried everything to get rid of that f**ker..I just ended up dragging it to the desktop and naming it ZZZzz...

spacefox · Post by **spacefox** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 6:20 am

Sickle, have you tried Unlocker? It is one violent app.

Landphil · Post by **Landphil** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 6:22 am

If all else fails, try booting in safe mode and hose the bastard there.
This usually works for files and folders that just won't die with all the Windows service apps running.

Sickle · Post by **Sickle** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 6:27 am

After all this time I don't think I can bear to part with it.

cron · Post by **cron** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 6:28 am

Landphil wrote:If all else fails, try booting in safe mode and hose the bastard there.
This usually works for files and folders that just won't die with all the Windows service apps running.

Oddly, I've also had success using cmd in full Windows.

Sickle · Post by **Sickle** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 6:31 am

spacefox wrote:Sickle, have you tried Unlocker? It is one violent app.

Whad'dya mean by violent?

Hmm..You're right. Looks like a Wrecking Ball to me..

*deleting windoze folder now..

Kriminal · Post by **Kriminal** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 7:15 am

I have two mp3's thast i DL that will not delete, or renmae or anything, they make my PC crash just by clicking on them....had them for nearly two years now...

stale bread · Post by **stale bread** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 8:26 pm

yeah i tried restarting, nothing ...., gonna try safe mode tonight, thanks for the tip, if that doesn't work I will shrink myself, crawl into my computer and kick this folder in the keester.

tk421 · Post by **tk421** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 8:40 pm

The way I do it, you need a basic knowledge of DOS.

Under Start Menu/Accessories select command prompt. Press ctrl+alt+delete. Under the Processes tab, quit Explorer. Go to the Command Prompt window and go to the folder you want and delete the files. Go back to the Task Manager and restart.

This should remove the files, but if you are unsure of how to do it, I would try spacefox's suggestion.

RapRogue · Post by **RapRogue** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 8:48 pm

Use a wipe tool, or opus

Fette Töle · Post by **Fette Töle** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 9:20 pm

stale bread wrote:ok i was copying my mp3 libraRY FROM one drive to another and it all went ok accept for a few files/folders. for some reason i can't drag them to the trashcan, or delete or anything. these folders/files are not being used by any other application. all i get is a message saying files corrupted or something and can't delete, whats that all about?

this sometimes happens during moving folders when the complete file names (inlcuding the path) become too long (>255 characters). I guess you've moved the folder tree of your mp3 library to a folder that already had a quite long pathname with the result that some files now have too lang a filename.

The solution would be shorten the path names.

FT

Kriminal · Post by **Kriminal** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 9:23 pm

unlocker doesnt work at all here, or install it seems...?

djsubject · Post by **djsubject** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 9:33 pm

Sickle wrote:
spacefox wrote:Sickle, have you tried Unlocker? It is one violent app.
Whad'dya mean by violent?

Hmm..You're right. Looks like a Wrecking Ball to me..

*deleting windoze folder now..

Strange Problem, I can't Delete a Few folders