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[keysteele]

I download TV shows using bittorrent, but after I watch them and want to delete them from my download folder, they don't move to the recycle bin. It seems to be mostly mkv files that I can't delete. What can I do?

Edited by lcg, 10 January 2013 - 14:27.
Snipped screenshot showing warez.

[+Crisp]

Is Windows telling you that they're being used by another program so cannot be deleted? Maybe on the off chance you're still running your torrent client which is seeding them?

[keysteele]

In some cases it does, but I'll remove it from the torrent client, and try and I'll get what I get in the pic I posted. In that pic it doesn't tell me its being used by another program, it just does what I posted and does nothing, I could leave it like that for like half hour and nothing changes.

[guitmz]

try to deleted without sending to recycle bin (shift+del).. if they are in use, this will prob give u a more specific error

[+articuno1au]

Ahh, a polite suggestion that you lose the pictures and description..

The forum rules pretty much make your thread a spanking offense..

Also, try deleting the folder/files from the command line.

[keysteele]

guitmz, on 09 January 2013 - 16:06, said:

try to deleted without sending to recycle bin (shift+del).. if they are in use, this will prob give u a more specific error

I just tried that and nothing happens. It just sits at, deleting downloads at 0%.

[lmaobox]

Not sure about bittorent, but I always remove torrent files directly in my uTorrent with the right click on torrent and using "Remove and Delete .torrent + Data".

[keysteele]

I can't do that anymore, because I have already removed it from the bittorrent client. Now I want to remove the media files from my downloads folder in Windows 8

articuno1au, on 09 January 2013 - 16:06, said:

Ahh, a polite suggestion that you lose the pictures and description..

The forum rules pretty much make your thread a spanking offense..

Also, try deleting the folder/files from the command line.

not sure how to do that from the command line

[Detection]

keysteele, on 10 January 2013 - 00:36, said:

I can't do that anymore, because I have already removed it from the bittorrent client. Now I want to remove the media files from my downloads folder in Windows 8



not sure how to do that from the command line

I'd remove your screenshot if you don't want the thread closed

[keysteele]

Detection, on 10 January 2013 - 00:57, said:

I'd remove your screenshot if you don't want the thread closed

how come i don't see a edit link anymore?

[Detection]

keysteele, on 10 January 2013 - 01:06, said:

how come i don't see a edit link anymore?

Your time ran out to edit

[keysteele]

Detection, on 10 January 2013 - 01:07, said:

Your time ran out to edit

sooo, how can I remove the pic then?? I posted that, this morning.

If someone else can and wants to remove the pic, then go ahead

[Detection]

keysteele, on 10 January 2013 - 01:11, said:

sooo, how can I remove the pic then?? I posted that, this morning.

If someone else can and wants to remove the pic, then go ahead

I didn't know your time had run out until you said there was no edit

[keysteele]

oh

[Jesse Carlton]

Turn off the preview pane. I am tech support where I work and one guy has Windows 8 and called me every day for a week trying to delete things. turns out preview pane was holding onto a lock on the files that prevented deletion. I have never used it so I didn't think to check for it. I can't say for certain that it will fix your issue but it's a place to start.