How to Delete undeletable Files and Folders?

  

Due to a hardware failure or a sudden cut in power supply, you may find certain files are not deletable. Windows will display a warning message such as “Cannot delete file: Access is denied”. These redundant files cannot me moves, renamed or delete. Not only it is annoying, it is a waste of disk space if these files are large. Do you ever encounter problem like this before? If you had like this experience then here’s are some solutions for you. There are many ways to delete undeletable files and folders in your system. But in here I’ll show you the most easiest ways to do this. So lest Start with the first method.  if you can’t continue with this or if this isn’t work you can try other methods .
Method #1

1. Right-click onthe file you want to delete and choose properties, make a note of the file location. Usually this is something similar to c:\windows\system32\undeleteablefilesname.exe
2. Click on Start, Run, and type CMD and Press Enter to open a Command Prompt window.
3. Leave the Command Prompt window open, but proceed to close all other open programs
4. Click on Start, Run and type TASKMGR.EXE and press Enter to start Task Manager
5. Click on the Processes tab, click on the process named Explorer.exe and click on End Process.
6. Minimize Task Manager but leave it open
7. Go back to the Command Prompt window and change to the directory where the file is located. To do this, use the CD command. for example to change to the Windows\System32 directory you would enter cd \windows\system32 and Press Enter.
8. Now use the DEL command to delete the offending file. Type DEL <filename> where <filename> is the file you wish to delete. for Example: del undeletable.exe
9. Use ALT-TAB to go back to Task Manager.
10. In Task Manager, click File, New Task and enter EXPLORER.EXE to restart the Windows shell.
11. Close Task Manager

Method #2

1. First create a text file using Notepad.
2. Rename it with your undeletable file name extension. for example suppose that you want to delete file with .EXE extension. So you need to change your notepad name to filename.EXE.
3. Now open it using notepad (open with option in your right click menu)
4. Click ‘File’ >> ‘ Save As’ and locate the folder where your undeletable file is (Choose All files from the file type box)
5. click on the file you want to delete.
6. It should ask u to overwrite the existing file, choose yes and you can delete it as normal.

Method #3
Delete undeletable Files and Folders Using Software.
Try UnlockMe, it is a free software with the ability to delete any files that cannot be deleted by Windows. Once installed, simply right click on the file and select ‘Unlock Me’, this enable Windows to remove the un-deletable files from your computer on your next attempt. Download UnlockMe Now, it is free!