Windows 7 keeps preventing me from deleting things


  1. Posts : 15
    windows7
       #1

    Windows 7 keeps preventing me from deleting things


    Ok I am getting a bit sick of this. I have never had such dramas with vista OR xp.. yet windows 7 seems to be like a child lock on a pill bottle you just can't open.

    I am recurrently having issues where itdoesn't let me delete files.
    Files that are NOT 'read only' - files that are on C, D, E, F ANY drive whatsoever..

    I am administrator
    help!
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  2. Posts : 10,200
    MS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit
       #2

    Could you give us one precise example of what you are encountering?
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  3. Posts : 3,612
    Operating System : Windows 7 Home Premium Edition 6.01.7600 SP1 (x64)
       #3

    turn uac (user account control) off if you have a decent security program Also check properties/securities in file if you are deleting
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  4. Posts : 53,363
    Windows 10 Home x64
       #4

    Do you get warnings like:

    Cannot delete file: Access is denied
    There has been a sharing violation.
    The source or destination file may be in use.
    The file is in use by another program or user.
    Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not currently in use.

    And is this an occasional thing, or a very common thing? A Guy
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