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Re: Problem deleting movie files
"Adam Albright" wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:46:04 -0700, BobC
> <BobC@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >Thanks. My UAC is already turned off
> >
> >"Adam Albright" wrote:
> >
> >> On Mon, 9 Jul 2007 08:30:00 -0700, BobC
> >> <BobC@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> >I have two small Quick time movies that will not delete. When I click on
> >> >'Delete' I get a progress box "Calculating time remaining . . ." that just
> >> >runs and runs with no progress at all. The data in the box says there are 0
> >> >bytes in the file even though they each are more than 32 Mb. Any suggestions?
> >>
> >> Go to Control Panel and turn off UAC (User Account Control) and then
> >> try to delete again. You can then restore UAC if you like.
> >>
> >> Make sure no other application is using the file when you try to
> >> delete it. If you still can't get rid of it, try from the Command
> >> Prompt which bypasses all the GUI garbage.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Thanks. My UAC is already turned off.
> >
> >Not sure of the how-to detail in your second suggestion re the Command Prompt.
> >
> >Bob
>
> Click on Start, then All Programs, scroll down to the Accessories
> folder, click on it, there you'll find the Command Prompt. It opens a
> small black window which takes you out of the GUI and back to
> something similar to the good old DOS days.
>
> If you type 'help' you'll get a menu of commands you can use and their
> proper syntax which can be a little cryptic.
>
> For example to delete a file from the command prompt you can use
> either 'del' or 'erase' following by a single space then the file name
> like this: del myfile.mov.
>
> You won't get any feedback it was deleted other than seeing it is gone
> if you use another command 'dir' which shows the directory. With the
> Command Prompt it only says something if it doesn't understand what
> you wanted to do and you made a syntax error.
>
> You either need to go to the directory the file you want to delete is
> located in using the cd command (for change directory) or just include
> the path in the string like this:
>
> C:\>del e:\junk.jpg which would delete the file named junk.jpg on your
> E drive. Note the single space after the command del is critical.
>
> If the file you want to delete is in a folder you need to specify the
> full path like below which would delete a file named xxx.jpg in the
> pictures folder on your E drive.
>
> c:\>del e:\pictures\xxx.jpg
>
> While using the Command Prompt is a little crude, it is more powerful
> then trying to do the same things directly from within Windows the
> good news is it generally won't fight with you once it understands
> what you want to do.
>
> Is the following valid?: del c:\Program Files\Agent\Data\filename.mov It says can't find file.
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