How to effectively delete strange files

In Windows, we will inevitably encounter situations where files cannot be deleted by conventional methods. Especially for users who use Windows XP, the frequency of such problems is higher. In order to relieve the user's confusion, we will try to effectively delete those stubborn files through various unconventional means. First, the general method of deleting stubborn files 1. After restarting the Windows operating system, delete the files in the usual way. 2. Delete in the DOS (or command prompt) interface with commands such as Del and Deltree. 3. Use non-Windows third-party tools to delete, such as Total Commander, ACDSee, FlashFXP, Nero and other software with browsing folder function. 4. If you have more than two operating systems installed, you can delete files from other operating systems in the current system. 5. Press F8 at startup to select to enter safe mode to perform the delete operation. Below, we will do a specific analysis of specific issues, to introduce the unconventional methods that should be taken when files cannot be deleted for various reasons. Second, delete "other programs are using the file" problem performance: Windows XP system, ready to delete a large-capacity AVI format file, but the system always prompts that the deletion can not be performed, there are other programs in use, even The same is true when I boot into Windows. Problem Solving: Method 1: Open Notepad, click on the menu bar <; File & rdquo; → & ldquo; Save As & rdquo;, the named file and the name of the file you want to delete (including the extension), and then replace, you will find The capacity has changed to 0 KB. At this point, you can execute the delete command. Method 2: Create a new folder in the same directory as the AVI file and restart it. Now, don't choose the AVI file, first select the newly created folder, then press Ctrl+the AVI file at the same time to perform the delete operation. Method 3: Change the extension of the AVI file to any other invalid file type, and then perform the delete operation. Method 4: One way to do it once and for all is to disable the media preview feature of Windows XP. Click on "Start”→“Run”, enter: “CMD” and press Enter. Then at the "Command Prompt" window, type: regsvr32 /u shmedia.dll Enter the preview function of the video file after confirming the operation. In the future, when you need to restore the video file preview function, enter the :regsvr32 shmedia.dll command in the "command prompt" Method 5: Start the media player that has played the AVI file and open another file. After that, try deleting again. Method 6: You can use the WinRAR program to delete, right-click the AVI file, select “Add to Compressed File” in the pop-up menu, and then select “Delete” in the “General” tab of the pop-up window. Source file & rdquo; checkbox. After confirming the operation, perform a compression operation. Finally, delete the compressed file. Method 7: Bring up the "Windows Task Manager", select the end of the Explorer process, but do not close the window at this time. At this time, there will be a situation like a crash. We switch to the "Applications" tab, click the "New Tasks" button, enter Explorer.exe and confirm the action. After that, the desktop is back to normal, and then the delete operation can be performed. Third, cleverly delete "non-empty folder" or "bad file" problem performance: Under Windows XP system (NTFS partition format), whether in the resource manager or a third-party tool can not delete the specified file, For example, use Total Commander to delete, first prompt the folder is not empty, no response after confirmation. That is to use DOS disk to start, load ntfs for dos pro readable and writable version, can not delete, the prompt is "bad file name", but you can see the folder. Problem Solving: Files that cannot be deleted in this case are most likely due to long file names in the NTFS format. We can use the 8.3 format to reduce the length or change the partial directory name in the path to reduce the length of the path. For example, you can temporarily change the name of some directories in the path, or use the 8.3 format in command line mode. For example, the directory of “Linux Faq” becomes 8.3 is "LINUXF~1", and you can enter the directory by "Linuxf~1", and you can use the Del command to delete the specified file. If you need to delete the directory, use the Rd command. 4. Ingeniously delete the file that the specified program or file is using. Problem performance: When performing the delete file operation, the system prompts the specified program or file to be used in the pop-up dialog box, and cannot delete the warning information. Problem Solving: Method 1: For such cases, we can solve the problem by ending the process related to pre-deleting files. So how do you know which processes are associated with a given file? You can use the WhoLockMe gadget to find out. We run “Install.exe” to install the program first. Next, go to the directory where the pre-delete file is located, right-click the file, and select “Who Lock Me?” in the pop-up menu. At this time, the “Lockers” window will pop up, in which we can know all the processes that currently call the file. After selecting the process name, click the “Kill Process” button to bring up the “Kill-Confirmation” dialog box. Click the “Yes” button to confirm the end of the process. After you have finished all the corresponding processes, you can delete the specified file by normal means. Tip: In fact, this method is especially suitable for deleting the Trojan server. This extremely threatening small Dongdong can only be deleted after blocking all the processes related to it.