Cannot Delete File

hey there well I did the whole "take ownership" and deleted most of the files that I needed to, but the files I had a problem with in the beginning are still there...and it wont let me delete them..Im trying to delete the "creative" product registration pop up...and I looked and sure enough theres the file for it right there and I cant delete it (even with the "take ownership")

Hi Supergirl and welcome to the Vista forums

Try this: DelinvFile - Utility for Deleting Invalid Files and Folders
Hope it helps.

seems to have been a glitch in Vista from the beginning, some files are just not deletable/renameable/movable. If you find this, you should be able to do those functions after a restart. If you are not able to restart at that time, you can quit and restart explorer, and that generally unlocks the file to delete etc.

1) right click the task bar
2) select task manager
3) click "Processes" tab
4) single click on explorer.exe in the far left "Image Name" column
4) click "End Process" button on the bottom right
5) click "Applications" tab on the top left
6) click "New Task" button on the bottom right
7) type "explorer.exe" (without the quotes) and click OK

This should resolve most issues of not being able to delete/rename/move files. . .

Supergirl,

The free program Unlocker is another great utility to use with the 32 bit Vista only to help delete a hard to delete file.

UNLOCKER 1.8.7 BY CEDRICK 'NITCH' COLLOMB

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Awesome thanks Shawn...it worked like a charm

Your welcome Supergirl. I'm glad to hear that you were able to delete the file now.

Shawn

hey there, well Im having a problem yet again!!
Im getting soo mad at my computer....this one is to do with the unlocker...I used it and it worked..so i deleted it...and had to reinstall some some...one of them being Itunes...well Itunes wont start up without saying that the compatiblity isnt set right for the right version of windows...so I took the compatibility settings off (like the sign told me to do) and its still not working..and so I uninstalled it and reinstalled and same thing...ive checked everything on here to do with compatibility modes and nothing will work...also when I started up my computer it said something about the unlocker being the reason for the incompatibility.....BUT I DELETED THE UNLOCKER! What on earth do I do?!?!

You had to deinstall Unlocker through the control panel, i guess.
So, reinstall unlocker and try to deinstall it properly.

didnt work its still saying that its not compitable

What is the exact message popping up when you reboot?