[dba-Tech] Stubborn file won't go away

Kathryn Bassett kathryn at bassett.net
Thu Aug 14 21:25:32 CDT 2003


Have Win2000. Need a way to get rid of folder in Recycle Bin. Won't bore you with the long story, but the condensed version is:
During a tech support incident with Macromedia, I was trying to get rid of this folder:
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\Macromedia\Dreamweaver MX\Configuration\SiteCache\abc
and it wouldn't go away. I would get the message:
Error deleting file or folder
Cannot find the specified file. Make sure you specify the correct path and filename.

Bottom line way of getting it to the recycle bin was that I had to go into safe mode command prompt to do delete the entire Configuration\SiteCache\abc folder. I didn't realize that even at safe mode command prompt, it still only put it in the recycle bin.

Anyway, now it is stuck in the Recycle Bin and I still can't empty it out of there - get the same message.
Here's jpg of all the messages, including what the properties look like.
http://ourwebsite.org/misc/recyclebin.jpg

How do I get rid of this d**n thing? 

For the record, on recommendation from Macromedia (on other problem), I downloaded
Advanced system optimizer:
http://download.com.com/3000-2086-10208645.html

and ran 3 tasks using the utility:
-Registry defrager and optimizer
-System cleaner and optimizer
-Registry cleaner and fixer

That didn't make a difference for this either.

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Kathryn Rhinehart Bassett (Pasadena CA)
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