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Why does Duplicate Finder REFUSE to delete some files?


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can you screenshot the files in question for us?

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Thank you.

I have a screenshot. This is what it looks like after I did a Duplicate Finder (DF) search and deleted the files indicated. Then I reran the DF and the files are still there, as verified by File Explorer. I did try to delete at least one hundred files at the time. 

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peter

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have you tried deleting some of those files from File Explorer itself?
you may get an error message or something that helps identify the issue.  (like, "sorry can't delete - file in use", that sort of thing)

are you logged on under the same user that created those files?
is that \peter\church folder read-only?
is your user account Standard or Administrator?

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Sorry about the delay in getting back to you. I have been busy. BUT i found that my files came over from another Windows and were therefore (stupidly?) made read-only. Why oh why does it do that? Clearing the read-only properties takes a long time.

I'll let you know how I get on probably by week'd end. 

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3 hours ago, PVP said:

Clearing the read-only properties takes a long time.

you should be able to select them all, right click one of the selected files, Properties, untick Read-only.

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