Ever get this message while trying to delete a file?
Error deleting file
Cannot read from file or disc.
Well i figured out how to solve it today.
2 months ago i downloaded a file torrent named Chaos.It added a file in my docs named Chaos with no file extension.
Well i assumed i could just get rid of it by deleting the file.Right click delete...uh uhh.
The problem is Windows see's files with no extensions as not there usually because they have a "dot" right after the file name..So you can not delete nor rename them.So i opened the command prompt and tried to delete the file that way.No luck.
A friend of mine told me that if i type the command this way...
del "\\?\C:\Documents and Settings\Compaq_Owner.FAMILY-ROOM\RestOfDirectoryStructureToFile\fileName.
and then hit enter that would work.I tried that and it didn't.It would have if the file had a "dot" at the end but this one didn't.
So i got to thinking...maybe if i hi-light the name of the file (right click /rename), i can get a better idea of what is in the characters.Come to find out the file name was Chaos and then a space after.
So i opened cmd prompt again and typed
del "\\?\C:\Documents and Settings\Compaq_Owner.FAMILY-ROOM\Desktop\FDM\Chaos and then a space hit enter, and vuala...Windows deleted the file.
So if you ever run into this problem use this command and either a space or a dot at the end of the file name.
Depending on how the culprit file is named.
