Windows 10: Cannot delete suspicious file in Windows folder

Discus and support Cannot delete suspicious file in Windows folder in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; As the title suggests, I have found a file in Chinese, as shown in the image below, using TreeSize.Because I want to clean up my SSD drive, I have... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by RiuMusic, Jul 16, 2023.

  1. RiuMusic Win User

    Cannot delete suspicious file in Windows folder


    As the title suggests, I have found a file in Chinese, as shown in the image below, using TreeSize.Because I want to clean up my SSD drive, I have tried the following methods:Shift + DelDelete in Safe ModeDelete using CMDDelete using FileAssassin => However, all of them resulted in the same outcome: unable to delete the file file is in use, file not found, etc..What's strange is that I cannot locate it using Windows Explorer.

    :)
     
    RiuMusic, Jul 16, 2023
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  2. Anusha Win User

    C windows installer folder - Delete?

    He can do symbolic link redirection and move the files in it to a different location. *Wink Cannot delete suspicious file in Windows folder ;)
    Better try it out in a virtual of first. Just a suggestion.

    Like:
    First move everything in c:\windows\installer to d:\installercache
    Then delete c:\windows\installer folder
    Then type this in command mode as admin
    mklink /d c:\windows\installer d:\installercache

    Removing those installer files is a bad idea. it might prevent you from updating or uninstalling apps.
     
    Anusha, Jul 16, 2023
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  3. Trouble deleting a folder

    Thanks for the suggestion but it says "delete folder failed for E:\....." for each folder I try.

    *Confused Cannot delete suspicious file in Windows folder :confused:

    Will I be forever stuck with these unnecessary folders? *Oh Well Cannot delete suspicious file in Windows folder :eek:hwell:
     
    oli_ramsay, Jul 16, 2023
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  4. R9
    r9 Win User

    Cannot delete suspicious file in Windows folder

    Trouble deleting a folder

    Download norton commander for windows and try it. I`m using it for deleting those autorun.inf virus files that stuck to the USB drives or second non system partition. If no file is used from windows folder NC should erase it easy. And there is Hiren`s boot disk that you can download it is bootable and has volkov commander on it similar to NC and it runs in DOS and it will delete windows folder 100%. Or you can make USB stick bootable and use deltree command.
     
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