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General Category => Tech Clinic => Topic started by: peppers on May 29, 2005, 03:38:40 PM

Title: cant get rid of file
Post by: peppers on May 29, 2005, 03:38:40 PM

apparently whenever you download a file with internet explorer that is missing the stuff to tell your computer what it is yet has the . as an exsample "errorcauseingfile." will result in an error that causes invisible file named the same thing witch will be 0 bytes in size and are impossible to erase when you attempt to erace it it says "Cannot delete file: Cannot read from the source file or disk" and as far as any program on the computer is conserned its not there at all

how do I erase such a file?

Title: cant get rid of file
Post by: Guest on May 29, 2005, 06:12:27 PM

Where are you hard drive is the file located
What directory?

Title: cant get rid of file
Post by: peppers on May 29, 2005, 09:05:56 PM

the desktop

Title: cant get rid of file
Post by: peppers on May 31, 2005, 10:53:30 PM

so none of you have ever eraced the last 3 letters useing internet explorer but acdentley left the period witch resolts in this error?