Failure to erase files

henryg

New Member
My accounts program, Quickbooks, creates a temp configuration file eg klzy0b29y9f7q5js75vtj.qba.nd. No system, hidden, or read-only bits are set as shown by WIndows Explorer, but if I open it in a text editor eg Editpad it is reported as read-only or in-use; Unlocker reports it as not locked.

Eraser won't touch them, but a simple push of the delete key will do so. If I change the name, it makes no difference, BUT if deleted into the Recycle Bin, Eraser will erase the recycle bin with such a file in it.

I am mystified.
 

Joel

Active Member
This is unlikely but possible. It involves the way Windows deal with file streams and how certain program do file access. If Eraser refuses the erase it then I suggest you do not try to force it to. You'll only end up corrupting the file (and/or crashing the program)

Joel
 
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