Deleting something.

Do you know of a way to delete a folder that my computer says is being used by another program? I tried doing it after a fresh restart and closing programs on task manager but it doesn't seem to work.

It's my old maple story folder if you are wondering. For some reason I can't delete it and I think it may be the cause of my problems with playing the game.

Reboot in Safe Mode and try again.

Open Run > cmd
Open Task manager and end explorer.exe
Atl + tab back to cmd, go to the folder where the files are
Type del + space + file name.extension. Enter
Alt + tab to Task manager. Chose File > New Task > explorer.exe
Done

Tried both methods. Neither worked.
They both said some program was using a file in that folder.
I can't actually access the innermost folder, it says the folder is not accessible, denied access.

OO I LIKE WHEN THIS HAPPENS!

It gives me a challenge. (Viruses and whatnot like to do this to me ;~
When I have tried EVERYTHING ELSE

• Hijack This to remove processes from running
  
• Slamming face into keyboard
  
• Manually trying to shut down programs
  
• Rebooting
  

I decide to become an asshole and begin renaming files that the program needs in order to run.

This is a roundabout method of removing it and you have to manually remove the program from other places beyond just "Program Files" but yeah. Last ditch effort and whatnot.

if all else fails I'd download a live boot version of linux and delete it from there.

Use a ulocking program http://download.cnet.com/Unlocker/3000-2...93998.html

Sorry to hijack your thread Shi, but I've got a riddle to pose for people here: what do you do when you cannot empty your recycle bin when, in one of the two folders that refuse to be emptied from the bin, has a file that cannot be found?

if you familiar with command prompt
Boot to DOS http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm

Code:

C:
cd Nexon
deltree Maplestory

then delete the directory?

Sorry to hijack your thread Shi, but I've got a riddle to pose for people here: what do you do when you cannot empty your recycle bin when, in one of the two folders that refuse to be emptied from the bin, has a file that cannot be found?

same method, this time the location is:

wikipedia[/url]]Physical storage locations

The actual location of the Recycle Bin depends on the type of operating system and file system. On older FAT file systems (typically Windows 98 and prior), it is located in Drive:\RECYCLED. In the NTFS filesystem (Windows 2000, XP, NT) it is Drive:\RECYCLER. On Windows Vista and Windows 7 it is Drive:\$Recycle.Bin folder.[2]

if you familiar with command prompt
Boot to DOS http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm

Code:

C:
cd Nexon
deltree Maplestory

then delete the directory?

I like this method.

Do you have rights to delete it? If you're not an administrator on the computer, that's likely the issue.

If not, kill all processes that you know is safe to kill without a need for a reboot. Then try to delete.

If not that works, show us the contents of the folder. Be sure to include possibly hidden system files and other files.

additional info. "Access is Denied" error message when you try to open a folder

Do you have rights to delete it? If you're not an administrator on the computer, that's likely the issue.

If not, kill all processes that you know is safe to kill without a need for a reboot. Then try to delete.

If not that works, show us the contents of the folder. Be sure to include possibly hidden system files and other files.

I tried finishing pretty much all tasks on task manager and also tried to delete it in safe mode.
I can't really show the contents of the folder because it denies access to it when I try to view it.

The folder info is as follows:

 Spoiler

So you can also see that there is nothing in it.

You can see what's holding a handle to it by downloading Process Explorer (task manager on steroids). Find -> Find Handle or DLL... -> enter the name of the folder. You can then forcibly close the handle by selecting it on the bottom and doing Handle -> Close Handle. Once no processes have open handles to the folder, you should be able to delete it.

You can see what's holding a handle to it by downloading Process Explorer (task manager on steroids). Find -> Find Handle or DLL... -> enter the name of the folder. You can then forcibly close the handle by selecting it on the bottom and doing Handle -> Close Handle. Once no processes have open handles to the folder, you should be able to delete it.

Thanks a lot. That worked.