Cannot delete, rename, copy or move files on Windows 7

Question

I have a problem about deleting files in windows 7 enter image description here

What causes it?
here i cannot rename, delete, move, copy the file (picture).
solution please

What is the name of the full path of that file? – Oliver Salzburg Jun 23 '12 at 07:41 — Oliver Salzburg, Jun 23 '12 at 07:41

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 23 '12 at 06:34

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Maybe this file is being used by another process. You can use something like this program Unlocker

Or in your case trying to decrease length of your filename.

edited Jun 23 '12 at 06:34

mowwwalker

answered Jun 22 '12 at 10:33

Ishikawa Yoshi

look here http://superuser.com/questions/13291/how-do-i-delete-a-locked-file?rq=1 – Ishikawa Yoshi Jun 22 '12 at 10:36
and here some tips http://www.wikihow.com/Delete-a-Locked-File – Ishikawa Yoshi Jun 22 '12 at 10:44
I've tried Unlocker1.9.1 but still can not delete – TOFIK Jun 22 '12 at 11:01
What about "del filename.png" in command line? – Ishikawa Yoshi Jun 22 '12 at 11:13
still can not be deleted, and I've tried http://www.wikihow.com/Delete-a-Locked-File – TOFIK Jun 22 '12 at 11:14
and in safe mode? – Ishikawa Yoshi Jun 22 '12 at 11:17
I am so sorry, but it still cannot be deleted in safe mode – TOFIK Jun 22 '12 at 11:29
hm, last one advice and i give up)) try to dir /x to see valid name e.g file~1.png and in command line try del file~1.png – Ishikawa Yoshi Jun 22 '12 at 11:39
it has a same name when i try dir /x – TOFIK Jun 22 '12 at 15:13
try to rename the file, as @IshikawaYoshi said, and to rename the folders of its path... the whole path would be too long... – kokbira Jun 22 '12 at 22:59
change the name of the folder if it still can, but to change the name of the file still can not – TOFIK Jun 24 '12 at 02:33

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:17

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From How to force Windows to rename a file with a special character? It seems that unless the file have a short name, you'll need to boot to Linux to modify it's name.

edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:17

Community

answered Jun 23 '12 at 06:24

Martheen

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