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Someone put some files in my computer which
i need to erase but they seem to be write protected. i tried going to properties and changing it but the read-only is not selected
I tried changing the attributes on DOS but it
did not work either? Please help me, if you can help me with this ill be gratefull!!!
Can you move the files? If so move them to an empty folder, drop to DOS and Deltree. If that doesnt work maybe move them to a floppy.
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If you can't delete them in DOS, something is strange.
What are the files and what message are you getting?
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Please post a follow up on these files.
When dealing with a problem like this, there is no such a thing as windows. Windows is like a second person. You tell him what you want and windows does it in DOS.
If ATTRIB -s -h -r followed by DEL filename.ext does not remove the file, I want to know more about the problem.
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Tekato,If you are running Windows, try this:
Open up a MS DOS shell.
Change directory to the one containing the read-only files.
For each file, at the DOS Prompt type
attrib -r followed by the exact name of the file you want to delete.
Press enter.
Then try deleting the file.This may also work:
In Windows, start up old reliable File Manager [winfile.exe].
Locate the directory containing read-only files.
Select all the files you want to delete. Press and hold Ctrl key to select second, third, fourth files, etc.
Press the delete key.
You may be prompted that these are READ-ONLY files and asked if you want to delete them anyway.
Select YES.I hope one of these techniques works for you.
Regards,
hoWard
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On crack or not fred6008 is essentially correct. However hard MS try to disguise the fact DOS STILL underpins ALL flavours of Win9x..
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Yes I agree that there are many parts of Win9x that use DOS, however file handeling IS NOT one of them.
If you don't believe me then try using long file names in DOS and let me know how far you get.
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I agree with Hugh Rhynal. Long file names can be managed in dos. Norton Utilities 6.0 (16 bit software written by Symantec) had NDOS, which had parameters to allow long file descriptions in the DIR command. And, if you look, MS Scandisk and Defrag are written by guess who. Symantec.
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I'm not sure about this, but it seems to me that everytime scandisk in DOS detects some LFN problem, it will display a message asking me to run scandisk in windows fix the problem. Interesting huh?
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I love how you guys go at this.What are you
going to do when someone goes to Win-ME?
There is no dos.I'm sure someone out there
has this OS. Go to the shut down menue and see if there is "restart in dos". ME.is
strickly a 32 bit program and so is win 2000
None of your 16 bit programes will work in
that OS properly.greg
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Not quite: ME is STILL based on DOS
The fact that Uncle Bill has decided to try and hide it totally doesn't mean it isn't there. Go and look in the ME Windows\Command & ERD folders if you don't believe it.
Sure there is no option to restart in DOS but there's nothing to stop you booting from a floppy, changing to C:Windows\Command or C:Windows\Command\ERD and using the DOS programmes in there in the normal way.
Want more ?
Remember good old Norton Commander ? Well copy that to your ME C:\, boot from floppy and run it, and it's like being in a DOS 6 timewarp.
DOS LIVES....LONG LIVE DOS....!
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