Windows 10: File Explorer kept deleting... and deleting... and deleting...

Discus and support File Explorer kept deleting... and deleting... and deleting... in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; Can anyone tell me what Windows Windows 10 Enterprise was doing here?I tried to delete a large directory that contained an old backup of a project I'm... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by Orthoducks, Feb 6, 2022.

  1. ORTHODUCKS
    Orthoducks Win User

    File Explorer kept deleting... and deleting... and deleting...


    Can anyone tell me what Windows Windows 10 Enterprise was doing here?I tried to delete a large directory that contained an old backup of a project I'm working on. I kept getting "You must have administrator privilege" dialogs, which was odd, because the directory contained nothing that should have required that. Then I noticed that the "number of files remaining" was ticking down from about 10,000 to almost zero, then resetting itself to about 10,000 and ticking down again. I looked at Properties a couple of times and realized that Windows wasn't deleting anything.I opened the directory and

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    Orthoducks, Feb 6, 2022
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  2. REBO&ZOOTY
    Rebo&Zooty Win User

    Cant Delete Files From Desktop

    Well, ran into a weird bug with vista, for some reason i cant delete files from desktop, this normaly happens to .exe files, the ONLY fix seems to be to KILL explorer.exe, and delete the file, then restat explorer, anybody got any idea why this happens?
     
    Rebo&Zooty, Feb 6, 2022
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  3. MACBETH
    macbeth Win User
    Cannot delete files in Temp

    There are a few files that i cant delete in
    C:\Documents and Settings\1st User\Local Settings\Temp
    which are ~DF567B.tmp, ~DFB71E.tmp, ~ROMFN_000007A8 and Perflib_Perfdata_7a8.dat. And some times there are a few more.
    What are these files and why cant they be deleted?
     
    macbeth, Feb 6, 2022
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  4. BTARUNR
    btarunr Win User

    File Explorer kept deleting... and deleting... and deleting...

    Explanations for deleted posts?

    Like I said, it makes no sense in letting users see deleted posts, even if they are their own. That's why they were deleted in the first place. If they get to see who specifically deleted it, it only serves one purpose. Lets them bitch.
     
    btarunr, Feb 6, 2022
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