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31-May-2007, 01:50 AM #1
Solved: Cant delete a file from Desktop
I have Windows Vista Home Premium / When I was traveling I had to use a hotels printer and I had to download and install a driver so I could use the printer once I installed it I was able to use the printer but now that I am back home I cant delete the zip file for the driver from my desktop. I right click on it and select delete and it says " You need permission to perform this action" and I am logged in as Administrator what can I do to get rid of this file?
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31-May-2007, 07:56 AM #2
Have you tried to rename to .old, reboot then delete?
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31-May-2007, 10:20 AM #3
Try moveonboot, works every time for me http://www.snapfiles.com/get/moveonboot.html
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08-Aug-2007, 10:12 PM #4
moveonboot didnt work for me. There's a nifty little utility called ForceDelete that gets the job done. Just type in the path to the file and hit delete (you have to type it in sometimes)

http://download.freewarefiles.com/files/ForceDelete.zip
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