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Files won’t delete!

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Im naughty and apply for jobs whilst at work (my job is crap)… I used to store my CV and covering letters on my computer at work, but now use SkyDrive so don’t need to.
Incase anyone else uses my computer while im not in the office, i’d rather now not have this info on my computer. Everyday i delete the files but every morning they’re right there again!! How do i stop this?

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Anonymous #
1 year, 8 months ago (34 minutes after post)

WOuld I get in trouble for answering this post?

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Anthel offline Verified User (1 year, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 8 months ago (58 minutes after post)

Alright, ther are multiple ways you can do it. You can go into the hard drive and look at where the file is stored. To acheive this faster, right click the file and it will bring up a drop down list. Click Properties and there will be a place that says the actual place. Got there and delete the file directly from the hard disk. Anything else, rwiley4 @ slcc. edu. I’ll help ya out more.

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ÑÌnJÅ_ offline Verified User (2 years, 7 months) Long Term User Shouts: 6 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 8 months ago (2 hours, 8 minutes after post)

You could try booting into safe mode and try deleting them there

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Anthel offline Verified User (1 year, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 8 months ago (2 hours, 10 minutes after post)

Safe mode could actually lock teh hard drive adn all the C:// folders. That is what safe mode does. It protects important documents. Not trying to be mean.

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An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 8 months ago (2 hours, 36 minutes after post)

I had files i couldnt delete and went into safe mode and it worked

Anthel offline Verified User (1 year, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 8 months ago (2 hours, 37 minutes after post)

Hmmmm… I never knew that. Thanks for the info.

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An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 8 months ago (2 hours, 40 minutes after post)

maybe i was lucky

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Anthel offline Verified User (1 year, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 8 months ago (2 hours, 42 minutes after post)

Maybe you know more than I do!

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An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 8 months ago (2 hours, 50 minutes after post)

no, I dont know much i was annoyed with a file that wouldnt delete so i didnt think of any other ways then to use safe mode.

You could also use command prompt to delete

http://www.cybertechhelp.com/tutorial…

or http://www.softwarepatch.com/tips/how…

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alexislif offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 5 months ago (1 year, 3 months after post)

If you have a security software like Mcafee you can use their program shredder?

it worked for me

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