How To Delete Undeletable Files And Folders


How many times have you come across a file or folder and fail to delete it? I know you might have surely seen such times. So, we have come up with a trick which would let you delete undeletable files and folders.

And the best part about this trick is the fact that you need not make use of any third party tool. All you need to do is some tweaking and you are done with it. Here is the complete procedure:

Delete Undeletable Files And Folders

To start with, open the command prompt and close all the running programs. Once you are done with this task, you need to launch the task manager.

Now, in the task manager, click on the processes tab and end the process named as Explorer.exe

While keeping the task manager open, you need to get back to the command prompt and use CD command to change the directory to the location there the undeletable files are located.

On the command prompt, type the command DEL with the file name that you are trying to delete. And at the same time, get back to the task manager, click on File on Main MenuĀ  and then click on the New Task button and then enter EXPLORER.EXE which would actually restart the interface shell.

There are more number of ways which would let you delete undeletable files. So, do share such methods with us.

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May 18, 2011 by: Prasanth Chandra

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