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| Thread ID: 86635 | 2008-01-23 07:36:00 | How to get rid of a corupted file on the desktop | geeves (13252) | Press F1 |
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| 633105 | 2008-01-23 10:01:00 | You should be able to boot XP in Safe Mode (press F8 before Windows starts). Right-click on the folder and click Properties. Click the Security tab, and ignore the message (Click OK). Click Advanced and click the Owner tab. Choose your name from the Name list. Tick "Replace owner on sub-containers and objects" and click OK. Click yes to the warning that appears. Hope this helps. | zqwerty (97) | ||
| 633106 | 2008-01-23 19:56:00 | If none of the above works try this - Did a bit of searching and This Program (www.jrtwine.com) was mentioned many times. Delete FXP. Have a read of the guff on the site it's meant to remove stubborn files like yours, and explains why they wont remove also. Many times, these kinds of files/directories are the direct result of getting "tagged", which can happen if your system is exposed to the Internet. This usually results in various folders and/or files being created that contain reserved identifiers and confuse Windows Explorer, making it difficult to delete them. I Direct Download (www.jrtwine.com) the Program and installed it, ignore the warning saying its a upgrade, mine installed perfectly. Ran it and removed several files, C: documents settings etc to Desktop, select and remove, even a reboot option if really stubborn. Ignore the licensing costs the one I linked to works fine. |
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| 633107 | 2008-01-24 04:01:00 | delete fxp worked thanks It didnt show the file as suspect but was able to delete it anyway. thanks |
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