I have a folder in my (F:\) HD drive that I cannot delete.  I have tried the "Unlocker" application, but it does nothing. I'm not even sure how the folder and its contents got there. It was just a SERIES of numbers about 20 characters long.  I was allowed to rename it, which I did.  Also - I am not allowed to move it.  Any thoughts?I have had success with issues like this by booting off of a Live Linux CD and then having admin privileges to entire drive. You can run into all sorts of issues trying to tackle this on the OS that these were created with. Some software uses space with strange file names as a swap space, and the reason why you cant delete may be because it CLAIMS FILE IN USE. Be sure you dont need it before you delete it. I'd make a copy to a THUMB drive which is also supported using a Live Linux CD. So if you remove this and something breaks, you can simply BOOT the Linux CD again and then use the GUI to drop a copy of this back where it was.

Ubuntu and Knoppix are good ones to use. Knoppix is meant to be Live Stand Alone OS while Ubuntu will boot in a Live environment and allow for you to also work on the drive.

If you have less than 512MB RAM in this system, I'd go with an older Knoppix version like 4.0 which runs happily on 256MB for example. The more RAM you have the better for Live Linux OS to operate without having to wait forever for the OS to read from CD or DVD and DYNAMICALLY assemble itself into RAM to interface with. Be patient with it as for its not a Fast OS in Read-Only Live state, every feature you interface with in the GUI or Terminal Shell has to be created into RAM from the CD, so the faster the system, faster the optical drive, and more RAM you have, the faster the performance.Sounds like a folder installed during a Microsoft Update. Have you rebooted the system and then tried to delete it?Try Move on Boot... Quote from: patio on November 09, 2012, 05:35:45 AM

Try Move on Boot...