stupid folders in XP

[Weapon]

sometimes I get stupid folders in XP that wont seem to delete any one know why? other times though they do delete but then once in the recycle bin it wont go away :angry2: :bandit2:

[aphel aura]

What are the names of the folder you've mentioned, and where they can usually be found?

[Weapon]

they're not important folders they're just ones I made

[aphel aura]

Hmm... probably some of its contents are locked by some other programs?? You have a file inside the folder that was opened by a program?:confused:

[Daniel]

Check to see if the permissions aren't fubar.

[Weapon]

nah theres nothing in the folder I delete it all and I turn off all the permissions like read only, hidden etc etc...

[Chroder]

I asked this question on Hard Forums a while ago, a guy says that it's because windows caches your folders or something... Just reboot and it'll be fine, but I know it's a pain so I wanna know a faster way too!:)

[Weapon]

nah these folders this time are stuck for life, wont even go away after rebooting :bandit2:

[Toefur]

It is a pain... whats easier than rebooting when this happens is to push control-alt-delete and end explorer, and then run it to get it going again, and you will be able to delete those folders (for anyone that has that problem as well).

As for Weeps... that happened to me once... cant remember how I finally got rid of them...

[Weapon]

Originally posted by Toefur
It is a pain... whats easier than rebooting when this happens is to push control-alt-delete and end explorer, and then run it to get it going again, and you will be able to delete those folders (for anyone that has that problem as well).

As for Weeps... that happened to me once... cant remember how I finally got rid of them...
HOLY FUNK u still call me weeps :( :o

[tandoc]

check if any programs are associated with that folder - like WinRAR having it as the default extraction folder or something