First things first, using the Command Prompt incorrectly may render your system inoperable, and at the time you will not be able to recover deleted files. So proceed carefully and exercise extreme ...

Windows is often praised for its ease of use, which is why glitches like problems deleting a file or a folder are especially frustrating. There are many solutions to this seemingly simple roadblock, ...

Hello,<BR><BR>My bro downloaded some avi file that's been causing problems. Whenever I go into the directory it's in to delete it, once I click on it, my system resources shoot up to 100% and stay ...

To make sure a deleted file can't be recovered, you'll need to use a third-party shredding tool. Here's a look at three such free programs: Eraser, File Shredder, and Freeraser. We all know that ...

If you have every used the Command Line, or CMD, interface in Windows, you probably have some idea of the powerful things it can do. Creating your own CMD scripts, you can do even more, but faster. A ...

Dear Lifehacker: A program created data files for every song in my collection. No problem, right? Except my music is spread across nested folders on multiple drives. Know a program that bulk-deletes ...