How to forum: Saved Emails To Docs and I can't delete them -

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by rgh11 - 3/29/12 7:48 PM

In Reply to: What exactly did you save? by MarkFlax

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/product?product=4300938&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&lang=en&cc=us

Computer HPE 400 PC

IE 9 Windows 7

The files are eml and they were saves as individual emails and not to a specific folder.

Theirs no error messages or anything - Delete isn't an available option as per right clicking or using the file or edit sub selections -

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Re: can't delete

by Kees_B - 3/30/12 3:27 AM

In Reply to: Data by rgh11

Did you check if they are read-only? Right-click>properties. Uncheck if necessary.

Kees

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Read Only

by rgh11 - 3/30/12 9:42 AM

In Reply to: Re: can't delete by Kees_B

No - It's unchecked and it shows that I have full control !

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I just had a thought.

by MarkFlax - 3/30/12 9:55 AM

In Reply to: Read Only by rgh11

You mentioned My Documents and this is Win 7.

i wonder if you are attempting to delete these from one of Win 7's Junction Point folders.

Junction Points were introduced in Vista to account for changes between XP and Vista. Vista and Win 7 do not have a "Documents and Settings" folder for holding all Users folders and sub-folders. Instead They moved directly to Users folders off the C drive.

However, some older software that installs files and folders into Documents and Settings in XP and below would fail to install in Vista/Win 7 without some legacy method so the two newer OSes have Junction Points, virtual folders for My Documents, My Pictures, My Music and so on, to allow older software to install correctly. Junction Points are shortcuts.

Open the Computer shortcut, either on your Desktop or in the Start menu, then navigate to C:\Users\{Your Name}\ then look for My Documents there.

If not there, look in Libraries > Documents, then either My Documents or Public Documents.

If you find the files there, see if they will delete, then check where you thought they were to see if they are now gone.

Mark

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Junction Points

by rgh11 - 3/30/12 1:42 PM

In Reply to: I just had a thought. by MarkFlax

To complete the post !

As Instructed !

I went to Start / Computer / Desktop ( In Left Hand Column) / Richard ( System Folder) / My Documents.

I right clicked on the files and the delete option was available ! Of course I deleted the files ! Good Deal !

The files were no longer in Documents as when I posted either !

Thanks Much ! I wouldn't of ever thought of it !

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