Why can't I delete this file?

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oh God,, there are 100 comments for this Post. I do not think my comment would matter much,, haha,, But wow thanks for solving my problem..And I must say I discovered a new tool .. wow it works great,,

Read all the comments (on this and other websites) and can't find mention of this solution. Reboot in Safe mode - use Explorer to go to the file, select and delete. This has always worked for me!

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cant find it in my add and remove to delete it out please help me delete this from my sytem

When I go to 'folderoptions'...oin school or home computer, I find out I cant change some files function its like it cant be highlighted what makes some commands unable to be highlighted?

My problem was that with my file buried about 15 folders deep the combination of these folders and the file name they combined exceeded the max file length. I just had to rename the folders to something short until I got under the max length and then I could erase that file.

Unlocker worked!! :D

I have figured out that by corrupting the file it will delete. I corrupted the file by opening it in Notepad and then deleting some of the characters. I may not work with all files but it worked for me on a video file.

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