Using Command Prompt for deletion is sometimes more efficient, and you definitely should give it a try. Usually, when you come across a locked file, you can simply restart your device to unlock it. If it doesn't work, you can boot into Safe Mode to unlock and delete the file. While in Safe Mode, use File Explorer to locate and delete the files that were previously locked, then simply restart your device as you would normally to exit Safe Mode.
There are many third-party applications that can help you with this problem and delete locked files. It can help to clean up junk files and wipe the whole data. So be careful of what you delete if you're not sure of the consequences.
There are times you mistakenly deleted a needed file on your Windows 11, 10, 8. You can recover deleted files with easy-to-use data recovery software. It is the best file recovery software that allows you to:. When the scanning has finished, select the deleted files you want to recover. You can click on the filter to display only the file types you want. Double-click the file to preview its content if you need to. After choosing the data, click "Recover" and choose a location on another drive to save the deleted data.
If you still have problems, read the following questions and answers. It is a log file and you cannot delete this file. This post provides you with four effective solutions. Most users say that they have solved their problems after they have tried Method 1. And Method 1 is my first choice. If you have some alternate solution to this problem, and you'd like to share it with us, please tell us, our readers would love to read it. That is, when making a folder and adding items to it, Windows is able to set its type to music, media, pictures, etc.
But for the Download folder, the file types are random. So, Folder Discovery may be a bug since it slows down the load time of the Downloads folder. To fix the Download folder not responding issue, you can change the type of Downloads to General Items. Step 2: Go to the Customize tab and choose General items from the Optimize this folder for section. To solve the issue, you can change its view settings: only show an icon instead of showing a thumbnail of your files.
Step 2: Under the View tab, choose the Always show icons, never thumbnails option. Are your picture thumbnails not showing in Windows 10 File Explorer?
Take it easy and now we will show you how to fix this issue via 4 methods. Details required : characters remaining Cancel Submit. Was this reply helpful?
Yes No. Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback. Thanks Robinson, The first two methods didn't work but the third did. The strange file is gone and I am still getting the Windows Security dialog when I right-click on a downloaded zip file but I have found that if I copy the downloaded file to another folder I can extract it and install the program extracted from the zipped file.
Folder locations are also messed up. BUT those are small prices to pay for being able to work with downloaded files. Robinson, I already have ver 21H1 Build Choose where you want to search below Search Search the Community.
Search the community and support articles Windows Windows 10 Search Community member. When I try to extract, I get the following dialog: Then whenI click on OK and double click on the Setup file in the extracted zip, the setup just sits there but Task Manager shows it running.
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