One of the most common problems that arises when attempting to clean out your system is a file's unwillingness to be deleted. This can be caused by a number of factors, including file or folder ...

Can you not delete some files on your Windows PC? We often face this error while removing an unwanted program from your PC, particularly spyware. If you do, then ...

I am trying to fix an HP Pavilion A610E, running WinXP SP3. The Recycle Bin icon on the desktop shows that there are files in it, and when I right-click it, it does give me the option to empty.

You know how much it irritates you when you wish to move a file, and you get a message saying the file is locked and you cannot move or delete it. This might happen due to the file being in use with ...

I am very sure that many a times when you try to open, delete or move a file or a folder, you get an error message saying it is already in use. Even after trying to ...

if they're movie or image files, it's probably the issue with the 'preview' thing locking up when viewing large numbers of files. basically, explorer is trying to preview the files in the left-hand ...

One problem that crops up from time to time is stubborn files that will not move to the trash, or be deleted from the trash when the command is given to do so. There may be errors that accompany these ...

Deleting files is a common task that most computer users have to perform occasionally. In PowerShell, you can easily remove files using the handy Remove-Item cmdlet. But what if you want to check if a ...

I have a folder on a USB memory stick, which I cannot delete. When I try to remove it I get the message: ‘Cannot delete file: Cannot read from the source file or disk’. I originally downloaded some ...

Some users are experiencing a problem in which large emails get stuck in the "Drafts" mailbox and cannot be deleted. Attempts at removing the file cause Mail to crash, and the file remains in the ...