I cannot delete a downloaded file

As the user's already found the file, but can't delete it without root, how would using a different file manager help? Same problem as before: I can find the map, but I am unable to edit the map in any way — zwadde Zackary 6 6 silver badges 23 23 bronze badges.

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Details required : characters remaining Cancel Submit 1 person found this reply helpful. Things have got worse, I now cannot delete any video or image file, have tried a large number of suggestions so it looks as if I will have to backup every file and go back to Windows 7 and then reload everything!!!!!!!!!!!!! Before you go back to win7 and then back to 10; I would recommend you to call MS Tech Support and see if they can help.

Usually if forums don't help they can because they can take remote desktop and fix stuff. Check the Properties of the Videos Folder, it sounds as if they have somehow become set to 'Read Only'. Hi, I checked and you are right, every single file and folder had become "Read Only" spent some time resetting permissions and changing setting and then found that the files had gone back to "read only" again but at least I managed to delete all the old files I needed to.

It sounds as if there is either some setting within Windows 10 that resets these settings, or some form of bug. When these folder permission changes occur it can usually be tracked back to some over aggressive behaviour by some, third party, system security software. Usually, consulting the User Forums for the particular products will tell you whether other users have experienced similar issues.

Hi MJA, permissions are now stable and have remained as set but files and folders still return to "read only" although they save OK and can be moved etc. Not quite sure what is going on, is there a setting with Windows 10 that you know of that resets files to read only? And do remember to include the file extension in the command. To check the path of the file, you can right-click the file and click Properties. Easily activate your Windows 11 PC or laptop. To delete a file that can't be deleted, you can also try to start Windows 10 in safe mode to unlock and delete the file.

Step 3. Microsoft revealed the first Insider Preview of Windows 11 on June 24, The official release date may be October This file deletion method won't pass the Recycle Bin. In case you do not want to reboot the computer, you can use the Task Manager to terminate Tasks that are keeping the File occupied and preventing it from being deleted.

Right-click on the Start button and click on Task Manager. Simply, right-click on the Process that you want to stop and click on End Task. That is quite easy to access, all you have to do is press the button with the windows symbol on it along with the button marked "E". By default, the files that are downloaded are moved to the folder marked as "Downloads". But this is not true in every case, sometimes, the users can place the files in other folders also.

In that case, you need to locate the files using the search programs option. The next step is fairly simple, you can either drag the files that you want to delete to the recycle bin or you can right-click on the file and select the Delete option. The folder that stores the downloaded files by default can be accessed in two ways, you can use any you find more fitting and convenient.

You can simply click on your desktop, then press the tab marked "Go" and then move towards "Downloads". But if you have changed the location of the files that you have downloaded then you need to search for the file, in general, using the name of the file to get hold of it.

An important thing to remember is that on MAC, the programs are downloaded as Disk Images, even after you have downloaded the programs these disk images remain on the computer, taking up huge amounts of space. So, when it comes to programs, uninstalling them is only half the game.