One file left in Windows.old

Devon Nullman · 22 May 2016

cereberus said:

File will be owned by System, and not have delete rights.

Here is the Information for that file: (Output edited, forum changes [colon][:] from icacls output to sad face)

>>dir /q point32.sys
Directory of C:\Windows.old\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\point32.inf_x86_neutral_4c8bd195d4599eb3
08/01/2011 04:56 PM 40,936 New-PC\devon point32.sys
1 File(s) 40,936 bytes
0 Dir(s) 74,154,618,880 bytes free

>>icacls point32.sys
point32.sys APPLICATION PACKAGE AUTHORITY\ALL APPLICATION PACKAGES-(RX)
NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM-(F)
BUILTIN\Users-(F)
NT SERVICE\TrustedInstaller-(F)
Successfully processed 1 files; Failed processing 0 files

gijoetech1 · 22 May 2016

When a file cannot be renamed majority of time is because the file is associated with another file that is active in your operating system

opps i did it again opened a new new post sorry for that

Devon Nullman · 22 May 2016

gijoetech1 said:

When a file cannot be renamed majority of time is because the file is associated with another file that is active in your operating system

I can rename the file with no problem to anything that is allowed, I just cannot delete it.
I am editing out the long pathname for clarity

>rename point32.sys noname

>dir noname
08/01/2011 04:56 PM 40,936 noname

>del noname
noname
Access is denied.

>rename noname tenforums.com

>dir *.com
08/01/2011 04:56 PM 40,936 tenforums.com

>del tenforums.com
tenforums.com
Access is denied.

>del tenforums.com
tenforums.com
Access is denied.