Delete an “Undeletable” File / Folder

Delete an “Undeletable” File / Folder

You all are familiar with such kind of ERROR in windows, or you would not be here. Here’s the solution:

Step 1:- Open a Command Prompt window and leave it open.

Step 2- Close all open programs.

Step 3:- Click Start, Run and enter TASKMGR.EXE

Step 4:- Go to the Processes tab and End Process on Explorer.exe.

Step 5:- Leave Task Manager open.

Step 6:- Go back to the Command Prompt window and change to the directory the AVI (or other undeletable file) is located in.

Step 7:- At the command prompt type DEL <filename> where <filename> is the file you wish to delete.

Step 8:- Go back to Task Manager, click File-> New Task and enter EXPLORER.EXE to restart the GUI shell.

Step 9:- Close Task Manager.

Step 10:- You are done!