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I have a .iuf file on my desktop (its COMPLETELY legal dont worry) and it wont delete! I have tried renaming it, moving it rebooting, everything.  It just wont delete! I have even tried a program called unlocker and that wont delete it either!  Any other ways I can unlock it? It keeps saying that a program is using it but I dont see anything open that would be using itThat's weird that unlocker can't.
well try one of these hope it work.

http://www.thefreecountry.com/security/securedelete.shtmlDid you try safe MODE?

Login as Administrator in safe mode


C:\>erase /s  /F   Myfile.iuf


C:\>erase /?
Deletes one or more files.


 
  /F            Force deleting of read-only files.
  /S            Delete specified files from all subdirectories.
 C:\>try using UNC path and a wildcard in case file name has illegal chars or a trailing space

e.g. if it is c:\Myfile.iuf

del "\\?\C:\Myfile.iuf*"
dear me... the UNC long name prefix! *faint*

*technically* it's just a unique prefix the Wide API functions accept as part of the path to denote that the name can exceed MAX_PATH (240) characters.

Of course I imagine it has other uses... Quote from: BC_Programmer on March 23, 2009, 12:20:22 PM

Of course I imagine it has other uses...

It bypasses the WINDOWS file name checking so it can operate upon files with illegal chars in their names that got on the system somehow eg from a Mac or *nix system.

Actually, computeruler, did you mean a UIF file? Big DVD image file created/used by MagicISO? If so, unmount the virtual drive. Then you can delete the file.
Using Dias's method it says that it cant FIND the path specified.  I know it is the right path for shure THOUGH  computeruler,

Be extremely careful  when using del or erase with wildcards.

First use dir  with the wildcards to see what is found.

Then substitute erase or del for dir.

dir "\\?\C:\Myfile.iuf*"

p.s.  cd \  to the root directory before doing a dir search
Quote from: computeruler on March 23, 2009, 01:37:46 PM
Using Dias's method it says that it cant find the path specified.  I know it is the right path for shure though 

How about this?

Quote from: Me
Actually, computeruler, did you mean a UIF file? Big DVD image file created/used by MagicISO? If so, unmount the virtual drive. Then you can delete the file.
I made shure to even close the mouting program and it still wont delete using that command
I tried the dir thing to and that found nothing too Quote from: computeruler on March 23, 2009, 01:43:38 PM
I made shure to even close the mouting program and it still wont delete using that command
I tried the dir thing to and that found nothing too

So it is a UIF file (and not an IUF file like you posted?) And it has been mounted? I still think this is where the problem is.

  I said that? woops ya its a uif.  It has been mounted and there was another one that I mounted that deleted fine but this one just wont 
No mounting software is even running right now either Quote from: computeruler on March 23, 2009, 01:50:02 PM
I said that? woops ya its a uif.  It has been mounted and there was another one that I mounted that deleted fine but this one just wont 
No mounting software is even running right now either

Is it mounted right now? You could try safe mode, or you can do a system restore to a point before you installed MagicISO.not mounted i guess I will try safe mode then


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