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Can not delete emails from inbox:
(1) Delete the contents of C:\Windows\TEMP. Delete contents only. Under normal circumstances, C:\WINDOWS\TEMP can be cleared of files/folders after a LGC in that folder. (Optlog.txt, in that folder, will be recreated, when next you Defrag. Save the old one only to retain a record of every app that has run,

System remove comand
Then COPY the photos, paste them where I want to go, then go back and delete the old ones. (I did try cutting and pasting from this non-scanned folder, so I went to another folder that I was positive about, moved it around using Windows Folders, got the double-folder phantom, tried the remove/scan always,

Deleting Windows and Users Folders?
Ronnie Vernon MVP r...@invalid.org microsoft public windows vista general BDD The user folder on the Desktop is simply a handy shortcut that you can use to access your personal user files. If you do not want that link on the Desktop, you can remove it. Right click an empty spot on the desktop and select Personalize.

How do I delete this "mystery file?"
If you use Outlook Express, you may want to copy the application data folder (C:\windows\application data) to a folder outside of the windows folder so you can import your old email, and address book back into OE, once windows has been re-installed. Same thing goes for your IE favorites, which reside in

Remove old Win 98
And did you do the search in your Windows folder for files named nv*.* ? I'm thinking that the INF file is still in the INF folder. Does the INF folder still contain the nv3disp.inf, nvagp.inf, or nvaml1.inf? If so remove it. My thoughts were obviously focussed elsewhere, so i missed that. nvaml.inf is present.

batch script to delete old files
Assuming all is well, (1) compact all folders in the old identity, (2) import messages from the old identity into the new one, and then (3) delete the old one (File > Identities > Manage Identities). See caveats in my last reply. -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience

Storage Main partition SBS2003 Sp1
Is there any way I can get rid of these folders? they're taking up heaps of space and would love to get it freed up. Cheers, Leon How to set, view, change, or remove file and folder permissions in Windows XP (Pro/Home) http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308418 HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File

Removing $NtUninstall* files from Windows folder
As for clearing it up: resize the partitions with the imaging product of your choice, and/or: Moving Data Folders for Windows Small Business Server 2003 Delete logs older than "date of your choice" from the system32 folder. Likewise the logs and reports from the ISA folder. Search for and delete old dmp files.

Old User Account Folders locked and cannot be deleted
Delete the file. Delete the following two files (also in the Windows folder, sort by name to get to the files starting with "W": wininit.ini wininit.bak Restart the computer. Symantec next says to run live update. This virus is pretty old so you should already have the needed definitions to address it,

Old question
Boot to DOS with your boot floppy (if you don't already have one, go to "Control Panel > Add / Remove Programs", 'startup disk' tab and create one. 5. Delete Windows from your disk by deleting the "C:\WINDOWS" and "C:\PROGRA~1" folders. Be sure NOT to delete the folder you created in step 2. 6.

DUN/ISP/kernel32.dll
Or Boot to the XP CD and select R (Recovery Console) run chkdsk /r from repair console booting from Windows CD Or Boot to the XP CD and select R (Recovery Console) At the command prompt type: ren c:\windows\system32\config\system system.old copy c:\windows\repair\system c:\windows\system32\config Reboot Let us know

how do i remove old messenger?
Copy the whole folder to an external source. You can omit any files you don‘t want, ie you probably only want Inbox and Sent Items. Remove any ‘Read only’ attributes. I could not upload my contacts and emails from the Outlook Express folder of my old harddrive (from my former laptop) which ran on the Windows XP

What to do when boot partition is full
I have two folders under Docs and Settings...Windows and Windows New. The latter was created, I think, when I reinstalled XP Home on the same drive using a new name. Can I safely delete the (older) Windows folder? Instead of rushing to delete the folder, rename the folder by adding a word such as old or bad at the

Volume control on task bar
In order to escape a persistent previous registry problem I ended up reloading from the CD xp into a new folder named Windows2 and booting from this. I would now like to remove the old Windows folder. I can trash all the visible files but there remains about 72MB of stuff that will not allow me to erase.

Can I delete this Windows folder?
Bruce Hagen Nos...@mymail.invalid microsoft public windows inetexplorer ie6_outlookexpress Is your old copy named Drafts.dbx? You can't have two folders with the same file name. Move the messages in the backup Drafts folder to a user created folder and see if you can delete Drafts.dbx again. If you can't,

Email - Cannot delete items from Deleted Items folder
I like Windows XP and performance and stability is improved. Question 1) Can I safely delete my old WINDOWS directory containing the Windows 98 folders? I could use the disk space for MP3 files I plan to create from my CD collection. Question 2) My system directory is named WINXP rather then WINDOWS.

How to remove an old file name last four files list
If you want to keep them from returning, do the following: - Press CTRL+ALT+Del, end task MDM - Open to the Windows\System folder - Rename the MDM.EXE file to MDM.OLD (this should not cause you any problems) - Start | Run | type MSCONFIG, press <ENTER> - Uncheck the option under the Startup tab called "Machine

Remove old Win 98
Besides...you cannot format an NTFS drive with a dos boot floppy, though of course you could delete an NTFS partition . However, all the OP really wants to do as far as i can tell is just free-up some room on the C: drive all he needs to do is delete the previous Windows folder etc.

Inability to log in, no help files?
This file can be found in a folder named INF, which is a subfolder of the Windows folder (or in some cases the winnt folder, depending on how your OS was installed) Mob, You do not need to remove the old version before upgrading; the new will install straight over the old. In any event, if you are talking about

Globally resetting font size for Finder windows:
Then use DBXtract on the old Deleted Items.dbx. DBXtract ($5): http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/ You can drag the recovered messages from the Windows folder back into an OE folder in the Folder List in an open OE. If this was the problem, turn off the preview pane and delete the bad message 2.