Incomplete files
 

Limewire has a serious problem that i dont think u guys are looking at and investigating. I have 2 incomplete files that cannot be deleted, moved, renamed or changed at all. i want them off my computer. i have tryed turning off Limewire and deleting them manually, i have tryed restarting and deleting them right away, i have even started my computer in MS-DOS and tried to delete the files-- BUT GUESS WHAT? DIDNT WORK! So many ppl are having the same problem, find a solution please! Maybe a program to delete them? Reply ASAP with some ideas, thx

I don't know about us guys b/c we don't work for LW. We're not LW Service Support, they're different. And I'm probably not the best person to answer this b/c I'm a mac person. However I can make some suggestions.
In this extreme case, make sure the incomplete files you're trying to delete don't have a file of the same name in your LW Dwnld window & dwnld folder. Were the files you deleted from the incomplete folder coloured red or black? Search your complete HDD to see if you have such named files anywhere else. It sounds mighty suspicious that you can't delete these files. It sounds as though these files are in use for some reason. I strongly recommend you do a virus and spyware check. Have a look at the following thread to see if there's any pointers you might be able to pick up on: http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=26903

Could you detail exactly how you went about deleting these files step-by-step?
Normally:
Firstly, they cannot still be dwnlding, 2ndly go to LW Library window & select your incomplete folder. Select the file you wish to delete & press the delete button. That should be it. However, depending on your OS & file protection software, you also 'might' need to quit LW before you can trash these files.

Hope these suggestions help you in some way, if not, get back to us in this thread. And an experienced Windows person can take a closer look at the issue.

ok first off the files dont even show up in LW thats my first problem. i did a virus scan and found a virus but by deleting the file with the virus, it didnt help. (but im happy i dont have a virus on my comp tho). No they are not in my download folder either. again i dont know if they were red or black because they dont show up in LW. i did a serach and there are only those 2 files. i have no spyware (ad-aware 6.0)

first i closed LW and deleted all the files in the incomplete folder manually, myt computer wasnt able to delete the files. so i tried deleting the folder and it says

Cannot delete T1753.wmv: Cannot find the specified file.

Make sure you specify the correct path and filename.


What does that mean?!?!?!?!

Basically it means that the file is not there. Weird, huh? It can also mean that the filename is wrong. I think that it's because of a corruption in the file.

Then again it might be this:
http://ask-leo.com/archives/000085.html

Great answer, there's actually been a no. of people with the same issue of recent mths apparently. If only they knew! Thanks murasame.

man that is weird well now alot of us will know how to help these people