Why can't I delete this file?

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THANKYOU. The program worked when so many others didn't.

thanx so much it worked like a charm

Recently I had a similar problem. A file with indeed long name. I could not deleted, copied,renamed,.... nothing seem to be done.Not from safe mode nor command prompt with wild cards . It stood there for a couple of weeks. Then I had this idea. I moved all other files I needed to another folder and left only the corrupted one. Then deleted the container folder which worked for me. Renamed the new folder to the deleted one.
P.S. This only works assuming the file is into some folder that CAN be deleted.(not a system one or the root directory).

this thing works.nice

Thanks for the tip. I love PurgeIE, didn't know they had this utility. It did what TEN other programs claimed to be able to do, but failed miserably: Delete That Damn File! I love you hard-to-spell DelInvFile.

Thanks so much, EXTREMELY HELPFUL!!!!

Thanks for the tip, mate!
Worked like a charm...
The freeware program you suggested deleted a file that I couldn't get rid of!
Thanks

Wonderful! Thank you so much! I've been agonizing over these files for over a year, and thanks to you I'll sleep a little bit better tonight. :)

great program, thanks!

Thanks so much. Really long file name would have been the last thing i suspected with these pesky files from p2p programs, there were hundreds of spaces after the name. Well thanks for saving me!

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