Windows 10: Every time I try to delete a file, it takes forever.

Deleting even a single file from my downloads folder is taking forever. It takes about 1-3 mins to delete a file.If I choose multiple files 4 or more to be deleted, the file explorer stops responding

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Trouble deleting a folder

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

*Confused

Will I be forever stuck with these unnecessary folders? *Oh Well hwell:

 

Cannot delete file

I use gvim to edit a file named "expr.ml" and somehow another file named "expr.ml~" appears beside "expr.ml". I tried to delete "expr.ml~" but with no luck.

I've tried:

• Right click > Delete. It says "Preparing to cancel" (Cancel what?!) while at the same time "Preparing to recycle", and hangs.
• Right click > Properties. Nothing happens (No pop-out menu!)
• Keyboard "Shift+Delete". Same as above.
• Go to cmd (Administrator) > cd to directory > del "expr.ml~". It hangs forever.
• Go to cmd (Administrator) > cd to directory > rename "expr.ml~" "x.txt". It hangs forever.
• Go to cmd (Administrator) > cd to directory > gzip "expr.ml~". Well we all know gzip will remove the original file once compressed. However, it hangs forever.
• Go to cmd (Administrator) > cd to directory > python -c "import os; os.remove(r'expr.ml~')". It hangs forever.
• Go to cmd (Administrator) > cd to directory > type "expr.ml~". It hangs forever.
• Go to cmd (Administrator) > cd to directory > python -c "print(open(r'expr.ml~', 'r').read())". It hangs forever.
• Go to cmd (Administrator) > cd to directory > python -c "open(r'expr.ml~', 'w').close()". It hangs forever.
• Go to Ubuntu 16.04 WSL > cd to directory (under /mnt/ of course) > sudo rm 'expr.ml~'. It hangs forever.

It seems that I've exhausted all possible means to delete a file I could ever thought of. Nothing works. Any suggestions? Thanks!

 

deleting hard drive files

Hi,

May we know what type of file are you trying to delete? Would it be Office documents, media files, or picture files? If you're trying to delete files for free some space on your device. We suggest to perform a Disc Cleanup. Kindly follow the steps below to
perform the task:

• Type in Cortana Disc Cleanup
  
• Choose the files to delete
  
• Click on "Clean up system files"
  
• Click on Ok
  

For any concerns, don't hesitate to get back to us.

Regards.