Delete zero byte files windows 7 full#
Delete zero byte files windows 7 software#

Delete zero byte files windows 7 software#

I was having trouble because (1) I wasn't aware of the new functionality and (2) my use of two pieces of software that shared the same drive was causing problems for both pieces. Bottom line: there is NO PROBLEM with the software. I could start up CMD in Administrative Mode and use the 'sc stop protectit' command, which would then allow me to do the deletion, and then use 'sc start protectit' to restart it after I'm done. How many people even know what 'TSR' stands for?Д¤. I LOVE the fact that we still depend on DOS functionality after all these years DOS is what I cut my teeth on, which shows my age. I could start up CMD in Administrative Mode and use the 'rd /s' command.

In fact, I didn't even know about it until CS mentioned it.ДЈ. I don't think I have it loaded because I don't do OS deployment. I could use TBOSDT and that would allow the deletions. Or, I can use the 'MaxDriveStoreSize' keyword in the IFW.INI file to limit how much IFW uses.Дў. I may choose to re partition the drive in half so the two pieces of software don't fight with each other. If I let IFW do it's thing it would eat up the rest if the drive and choke out System Restore. I can't do that currently because I am running to different pieces of backup software and they both use the same drive. Leave it as-is and let IFW delete space when it starts to run low.

AND, the reason I didn't see the problem on my WIN10 machine is because I haven't yet upgraded the software to 3.16.ДЄfter talking to Customer Service, I have 4 options:ДЎ. And I gather this applies to Simple Mode operation only. PNG showing drive folder structure Backup Drive Tree.png (9.48 KiB) Viewed 4386 times I still have space left on the drive, but will be unable to do IFW backups on his machine probably within a month.Д«ackup Drive Tree.png I'm at a loss as to which, if either, might be the cause.Д«TW, this does NOT happen on the WIN10 machine.ДЄny ideas would be greatly appreciated. Since the last time I did any cleanup on this drive, two things have changed: (1) Microsoft has been doing updates to protect against the security flaws in the Intel processors and (2) I have updated IFW to the latest version (3.16). I discovered I could copy anywhere on the drive as long as I stayed out of the 'TeraByte_TBI_Backups' tree. UNTIL I moved above the 'TeraByte_TBI_Backups' directory (i.e., the Root directory) then the copy succeeded. At every level of the tree structure, the copy failed. After the DELETE function failed, I decided to try the COPY function.

In particular, I was trying to delete the '0.0B' directory. (See the attachment for this part of the explanation).

Delete zero byte files windows 7 full#

Hmmmm, I'm the only user and I have full admin rights. Today when I attempted to do this on the Win7 laptop, I was told (by Windows) that I didn't have administrative rights to do this. I periodically go in and clean up the older files. I run IFW64 (simple mode) on two different machines, one under WIn7 and the other under Win10, and have been for a couple of years now.