trying to delete files & copies keep getting made?

Hi UNI,
thanks for that,
but shouldn't you know better, letting it get that full, even if you stuck that 14.8 GB in temp, the exception to the rule.

Roy

@UNI,
Your Windows cleanup was for temporary files.
The OP can't delete User files, such as pictures.
Windows cleanup would not delete user files like pictures, from what i know.

@ALL
I would have "guessed" using shift-delete would immediately and permanently delete selected files would work, without attempting to put them in the recycle bin.

It's also possible there are 2 problems.
1) Lack of disk space
2) "System" corruption.

I don't know if the OP can run a SFC (System File Check) without enough free space.

The OP might need to create bootable CD's to fix this for:
1) Partition Wizard - to possibly increase space on C.
2) A Linux bootable OS - to delete files without Windows running.

I'm just guessing, as usual

torchwood said:

Hi UNI,
thanks for that,
but shouldn't you know better, letting it get that full, even if you stuck that 14.8 GB in temp, the exception to the rule.

Roy

The screenshots were from a frozen* Virtual Machine.

*reverts to a clean state upon exit.

No computers were harmed in the making of that post

DavidE said:

@UNI,
Your Windows cleanup was for temporary files.
The OP can't delete User files, such as pictures.
Windows cleanup would not delete user files like pictures, from what i know.

Yes, I know... if the temp file clean up worked, then we could see if the normal deletions start working without any further efforts. CHKDSK might be in order at some point,