Berns

Yes, I made sure to right-click and run as administrator. I should have said
that too in my response. Sorry about that.

Thank you again for your help!

Bernie

"dean-dean" wrote:

> Did you right-click on Command Prompt, and choose Run as Administrator (even
> though your logged into an administrative account)?
>
> "Berns" <Berns@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:99102844-673B-4359-B42B-A1C469D3529E@microsoft.com...
> > Thank you for both of your help. However, I still am unable to delete the
> > file. Fortunately, I can now see the file in the $recycle.bin. However,
> > I
> > can not delete it. I've tried different administrator logins, but it
> > still
> > says access denied. I've done the following commands to try and delete
> > it:
> >
> > del *.*
> > del *.qbw
> > del *rtdjfdg.qbw
> > del $rtdjfdg.*
> > del ?rtdjfdg.qbw
> >
> > I have not tried to delete the folder that it sits in though. I have a
> > feeling that it will tell me that there is a file in that folder that I
> > can
> > not delete. Thoughts?
> >
> > Thank you again for your time and efforts in helping me out.
> >
> > Take care,
> >
> > Bernie
> >
> > ""Darrell Gorter[MSFT]"" wrote:
> >
> >> Hello,
> >> Open an elevated CMD prompt.
> >> First run chkdsk on the volume to check for file corruption.
> >> if that doesn't help then try.
> >> from the root of the C drive.
> >> cd $recycle.bin
> >> now do a dir /a /s >c:\filelist.txt
> >> use notepad to open filelist.txt
> >> Look for files or folders with non-alphanumeric characters in them.
> >> try manually deleting those files or folders using wild cards (* or ? for
> >> example)
> >> For a file like D&lete.me you could try using del D?lete.me to attempt to
> >> delete the file
> >> The question mark replaces the single character that may be causing the
> >> isuse
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Darrell Gorter[MSFT]
> >>
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> >> |> Every time I start up the computer, I get an error message that says
> >> there
> >> |> was a corrupt file in the Recycle Bin would you like to delete it? I
> >> say yes
> >> |> and it says that it can't be deleted and asks if I would like to retry
> >> or
> >> |> cancel. If you hit retry it just circles back to the same question of
> >> |> wanting to retry or cancel. If you hit cancel, then the issue goes
> >> away,
> >> |> until you try to empty your Recycle Bin. Also something that is
> >> strange; if
> >> |> you open the Recycle Bin or look at the icon on the desktop, you'll
> >> notice
> >> |> that it's empty.
> >> |>
> >> |> I've checked the settings and have restored to the default settings.
> >> Any
> >> |> ideas???
> >> |>
> >> |> Thank you for your time!
> >> |>
> >>
> >>
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