Roy

Hello group
I was interested what daemon tools was all about and I downloaded a
version of it in Rar and extracted it. What happen was the extracted
folder was Empty and supposed contents was not even extracted.

Daemon Tools V 4.10x86 32 bit with SPTD 1.50. and the extracted folder
was empty. When I tried to open the folder Daemon folder is not
accessible or access denied. Therefore I tried to delete it but it
won't move!
Even when I cut an paste it to another removable drive which I can
reformat it won't budge. This worries me and would like to ask if
there is anyway to remove a stubborn folder from my files.
TIA
Roy

kurt wismer

Roy wrote:
> Hello group
> I was interested what daemon tools was all about and I downloaded a
> version of it in Rar and extracted it. What happen was the extracted
> folder was Empty and supposed contents was not even extracted.
>
> Daemon Tools V 4.10x86 32 bit with SPTD 1.50. and the extracted folder
> was empty. When I tried to open the folder Daemon folder is not
> accessible or access denied. Therefore I tried to delete it but it
> won't move!
> Even when I cut an paste it to another removable drive which I can
> reformat it won't budge. This worries me and would like to ask if
> there is anyway to remove a stubborn folder from my files.

did you try to reboot and then remove it? the most common cause of files
and folders not being deletable is that they're being held open by some
process (like, for example, if your unrar tool barfed while trying to
extract the files but didn't completely terminate)...

another option might be to boot into safe-mode and then try to delete
it... a third (more complicated) option would be to boot from a bartpe
disk or linux livecd and remove it...

and for the record, daemon tools (the real one) is not malware... i have
no idea about the one you downloaded, however...

--
"it's not the right time to be sober
now the idiots have taken over
spreading like a social cancer,
is there an answer?"

Roy

On Oct 14, 5:30 am, kurt wismer <ku...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> Roy wrote:
> > Hello group
> > I was interested what daemon tools was all about and I downloaded a
> > version of it in Rar and extracted it. What happen was the extracted
> > folder was Empty and supposed contents was not even extracted.
>
> > Daemon Tools V 4.10x86 32 bit with SPTD 1.50. and the extracted folder
> > was empty. When I tried to open the folder Daemon folder is not
> > accessible or access denied. Therefore I tried to delete it but it
> > won't move!
> > Even when I cut an paste it to another removable drive which I can
> > reformat it won't budge. This worries me and would like to ask if
> > there is anyway to remove a stubborn folder from my files.
>
> did you try to reboot and then remove it? the most common cause of files
> and folders not being deletable is that they're being held open by some
> process (like, for example, if your unrar tool barfed while trying to
> extract the files but didn't completely terminate)...
>
> another option might be to boot into safe-mode and then try to delete
> it... a third (more complicated) option would be to boot from a bartpe
> disk or linux livecd and remove it...
>
> and for the record, daemon tools (the real one) is not malware... i have
> no idea about the one you downloaded, however...
>
> --
> "it's not the right time to be sober
> now the idiots have taken over
> spreading like a social cancer,
> is there an answer?"

It had finished extracting the file and when I tried to open the file
it said Access denied. Therefore if I can't open it then better put it
in the garbage...To my surprise it was a stubborn file that was not
remove even by the software called Move on Reboot. Even Unlocker can't
find a handle so that it can be loosened up and removed.
I tried renaming the file by normal means and by the Move on Reboot
but was unsuccessful.
I tried to delete it several times even after many rebooting but was
unsuccessful.
I had scanned this with antivirus and antispyware tools but they can't
recognize a virus....in my file right now...meaning that this is just
plain stubborn empty file...?
Cannot delete the file,,,,,,Access Denied. Make sure the disk is not
full or write protected and that the file is not currently in use.
BTW I am not well used to troubleshooting things by Safe Mode, could
somebody guide me through it in stepwise manner? The file that I am
going to remove is in the D drive.
TIA
Roy

jen

"Roy" <roybasan@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Oct 14, 5:30 am, kurt wismer <ku...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>> Roy wrote:
>> > Hello group
>> > I was interested what daemon tools was all about and I
>> > downloaded a
>> > version of it in Rar and extracted it. What happen was the
>> > extracted
>> > folder was Empty and supposed contents was not even extracted.
>> > Daemon Tools V 4.10x86 32 bit with SPTD 1.50. and the extracted
>> > folder
>> > was empty. When I tried to open the folder Daemon folder is not
>> > accessible or access denied. Therefore I tried to delete it but it
>> > won't move!
>> > Even when I cut an paste it to another removable drive which I can
>> > reformat it won't budge. This worries me and would like to ask if
>> > there is anyway to remove a stubborn folder from my files.
>> did you try to reboot and then remove it? the most common cause of
>> files
>> and folders not being deletable is that they're being held open by
>> some
>> process (like, for example, if your unrar tool barfed while trying to
>> extract the files but didn't completely terminate)...
>> another option might be to boot into safe-mode and then try to delete
>> it... a third (more complicated) option would be to boot from a
>> bartpe
>> disk or linux livecd and remove it...
>> and for the record, daemon tools (the real one) is not malware... i
>> have
>> no idea about the one you downloaded, however...
> It had finished extracting the file and when I tried to open the file
> it said Access denied. Therefore if I can't open it then better put it
> in the garbage...To my surprise it was a stubborn file that was not
> remove even by the software called Move on Reboot. Even Unlocker can't
> find a handle so that it can be loosened up and removed.
> I tried renaming the file by normal means and by the Move on Reboot
> but was unsuccessful.
> I tried to delete it several times even after many rebooting but was
> unsuccessful.
> I had scanned this with antivirus and antispyware tools but they can't
> recognize a virus....in my file right now...meaning that this is just
> plain stubborn empty file...?
> Cannot delete the file,,,,,,Access Denied. Make sure the disk is not
> full or write protected and that the file is not currently in use.
> BTW I am not well used to troubleshooting things by Safe Mode, could
> somebody guide me through it in stepwise manner? The file that I am
> going to remove is in the D drive.

Go here:
Daemon Tools Support
http://www.daemon-tools.cc/dtcc/daem...pport-f19.html

-jen

kurt wismer

Roy wrote:
> On Oct 14, 5:30 am, kurt wismer <ku...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
[snip]
>> did you try to reboot and then remove it? the most common cause of files
>> and folders not being deletable is that they're being held open by some
>> process (like, for example, if your unrar tool barfed while trying to
>> extract the files but didn't completely terminate)...
>>
>> another option might be to boot into safe-mode and then try to delete
>> it... a third (more complicated) option would be to boot from a bartpe
>> disk or linux livecd and remove it...
>>
>> and for the record, daemon tools (the real one) is not malware... i have
>> no idea about the one you downloaded, however...
>>
> It had finished extracting the file and when I tried to open the file
> it said Access denied. Therefore if I can't open it then better put it
> in the garbage...To my surprise it was a stubborn file that was not
> remove even by the software called Move on Reboot. Even Unlocker can't
> find a handle so that it can be loosened up and removed.
> I tried renaming the file by normal means and by the Move on Reboot
> but was unsuccessful.
> I tried to delete it several times even after many rebooting but was
> unsuccessful.

ok, so we've ruled out the possibility that the unpacker was holding it
open...

> I had scanned this with antivirus and antispyware tools but they can't
> recognize a virus....in my file right now...meaning that this is just
> plain stubborn empty file...?
> Cannot delete the file,,,,,,Access Denied. Make sure the disk is not
> full or write protected and that the file is not currently in use.
> BTW I am not well used to troubleshooting things by Safe Mode, could
> somebody guide me through it in stepwise manner? The file that I am
> going to remove is in the D drive.

enter safe mode by pressing the f8 key while booting (just hold it down
the whole time) and when the boot options menu comes up choose safe mode
or safe mode command prompt... regular safe mode will give you access to
windows explorer so you should be able to delete things normally... the
command prompt version will require you to type "del " and then the full
path and filename to delete files or "rm " and the full path to remove
directories (folders)...

--
"it's not the right time to be sober
now the idiots have taken over
spreading like a social cancer,
is there an answer?"

Russg

At boot up, hit F8 about once a second until the boot options screen comes
up. Select command prompt only and hit enter.
At the C:/ prompt type "D:" and hit ENTER, this puts you on the D: drive.
Type cd\windows\system32 or cd\1stdir\seconddir\thirdetc ENTER. type cd\
to get back to root dir.
Type attrib -r -s -h -a filename.ext (file to delete) assuming it has 8.3
name. If it has a more than 8 letter name, you may have to type dir
1stpartof file (file*.*) to get the DOS 8.3 name, which may be something
like filena~1.ext.
Now you should be able to delete the offending file.
However, the file may re-appear if you didn't precede all this by turning
off system restore before you re-booted, to do that search system restore.
To delete file, del filena~1.ext.
I probably forgot something.
What I described was:
1. turn off system restore
2. boot to command prompt only, F8.
3. log on D: drive and navigate to directory.
4. remove system, read only, hidden, archive attributes of offending file.
5. delete the file
6. reboot and restore system restore.
7. You may have to search the registry with regedit, but I didn't get into
that.
8. didn't mention this, but hit cntrl-alt-del and see active files to make
sure file isn't still active, maybe use Codestuff Starter to edit startup,
or RUN msconfig.

Ant

"kurt wismer" wrote:

> command prompt version will require you to type "del " and then the full
> path and filename to delete files or "rm " and the full path to remove
> directories (folders)...

I think you're confusing your OS's! "rm" is the unix equivalent of
"del". "rd" removes directories in dos/win.

kurt wismer

Ant wrote:
> "kurt wismer" wrote:
>
>> command prompt version will require you to type "del " and then the full
>> path and filename to delete files or "rm " and the full path to remove
>> directories (folders)...
>
> I think you're confusing your OS's! "rm" is the unix equivalent of
> "del". "rd" removes directories in dos/win.

well i'll be a monkey's uncle, you're right, rm doesn't work... rmdir
does, however... i mistakenly thought the short version of it was rm
rather than rd...

--
"it's not the right time to be sober
now the idiots have taken over
spreading like a social cancer,
is there an answer?"