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Solve : Unable to delete file with .dat extension? |
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Answer» I am using Windows XP SP2 in my P4 m/c. I have typical problem with the files having .dat extension which I can not delete from my m/c. WHENEVER I try doing it it shows error message like 'The File is being used by another process.' I have made sure that no other processes/user is using that file. It occurs for every .dat files. I am using Windows XP SP2 in my P4 m/c. I have typical problem with the files having .dat extension which I can not delete from my m/c. Whenever I try doing it it shows error message like 'The File is being used by another process.' I have made sure that no other processes/user is using that file. It occurs for every .dat files. Please go through the following points. 1.) First, you need to find the location of the file you're trying to delete, as well as, the file's name. For example, maybe you're trying to delete a file called "mywork.txt" and it's located in your My Documents folder. (The location for that would then be C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name\My Documents. You must find the exact and full location of the file for this to work). Write both of these down on a piece of paper and keep it close to you. 2.) Next, go to Start, Turn Off Computer and CHOOSE Restart. 3.) When your computer starts to boot back up, continuously hit the F8 key on your keyboard until the Advanced Boot Options Menu comes up. 4.) From that menu, select the Safe Mode with Command Prompt choice and then log in normally to your local administrator account. 5.) In the command prompt box, you're going to use the letters "cd" (it stands for change directory) with the location of your file that you wrote down earlier. You'll also need to put quotation marks around the location. So, with my example from up above, you would type in cd "C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name\My Documents." You don't put QUOTES around the cd part, just the location. 6.) The next command you need to type in is the delete command, which is "del." You'll need to do this with the file name that you want to delete. With my example above, you would type in del mywork.txt. You don't use quotation marks for this part. Once you have all that done, the file should be gone. You can go back to your initial location to make sure, but it should be deleted for good. If all goes well, you won't ever have to worry about that darn file again. This is just an easy way to be rid of all those files that your computer tells you it cannot delete. You can't beat that feeling of happiness, can you?! *.dat files are system files and therefore PROTECTED from deletion...why do you want to delete a .dat file ? ? Your machine may not boot properly after that. |
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