If you can’t delete a file or a folder on an NTFS file system volume on your Windows computer, you fall under one of the following cases. An Access Control List (ACL) is being used You can’t delete ...

Win8.1 rant, but I first hit this several years ago on either WinXP or Win95. I decided to organize my music directory and was plagued by "Can't rename/move this directory as it's in use by another ...

One of the more frustrating experiences when using a computer is when you want to delete or rename a file or folder in Windows, but get an error stating that the file ...

If you can’t delete files on OneDrive, use the following methods to resolve the issue: If OneDrive is syncing files at the same time you are trying to delete, it will not work. To fix this, you need ...

I deleted a folder (well tried) that contained a ton of files (2008 R2 server). The files are gone, but I have a whole structure of folders that can't be deleted because they can't be found. I've run ...

There are plenty of things that you can do to boost your Windows computer's performance. You can enable fast startup, reduce the number of background-running ...

You may already know that "deleting" a file does nothing of the sort. But did you know that your disk drive has a built-in system for the secure erasure of data? No? Then read on. What do you mean ...