Insert a hyperlink in a Word 2007 document to link to another location like a file or Web page. You can also modify the formatting or remove that hyperlink. More. Microsoft Office Word creates a hyperlink for you when you press. How to Delete a File in Use by Another Program. At some point, most of us run into a situation where deleting files in use by another program seems almost impossible. Whether it's a photo that's open in a photo editor or a lone file.
There are several reasons why Windows might not allow you to delete a file: The file might be in use in which case you can't delete the file until the program using it gives it up. The file might be marked read-only. The file name. If you have long file names and can’t move or delete them, try to rename them to a shorter name as well as the $%# long folder name they are found in. Once you shorten the name past the Windows name character limit you can do. Simple way is copy the txt file to a file called mydel.bat in the directory of the files to delete. Using an editor like Microsoft Word edit this file. Do a global replace on Newline normally ^p in Word. Replace it with space/f^pdelspace.
How to Delete/Rename a Stubborn File. There are several reasons why Windows might not allow you to delete a file: The file might be in use in which case you can't delete the file until. The file might be marked read- only. The file name might be so long that Windows can't handle it. File names. with more than 2. There are also several reasons why Windows might not allow you to change the. All above apply here.
Your system may not be showing file extensions by default. We'll cover that one first and the others in turn.
File Extensions Not Showing. This is the most likely possibility for why you might not be able to change.
When Windows installs, one. Basically, in Windows Explorer only the file's rootname shows; the extension. File Type column of the Windows Explorer display. When Windows is set up this way, if you attempt to change a file's name you. So, if you have a file that shows up as MYFILE as file type Text and you attempt. MYFILE. DOC what you really have done is rename MYFILE. TXT. to MYFILE. DOC.
TXT and the file type in Explorer will remain Text instead of. Word File. How to you fix this? FILExt has a different FAQ here that.
The File is in Use. A file in use by the operating system generally can't be changed while the. A file in use by a program may or may not be able to be changed. These are not hard and fast rules and exceptions abound; particularly in a. But, if you try to rename or delete a file and Windows. To fix this you have to determine what is using the file. The error message that Windows pops up may or may not have that information in it.
If you don't want to experiment a bit to figure out what might be using the file you can restart the computer with all startup options turned off. This will most likely not run whatever was using the file and the system will allow you to rename the file. Recognize that if you do this and then restart the computer with all startup options enabled some program will likely complain that it can no longer find the file you just renamed. This may or may not affect how your system performs (or even operates at all). To change the startup options, use the System Configuration Utility. Type msconfig into the dialog box and click OK. Use the various startup options settings to reconfigure your system startup as needed to find the subject program or process.
Remember the caveat about how changing the name of a file a program or the system uses might affect system behavior. Keep good records so you can reverse what you did if necessary. If you want to experiment a bit, press the Control- Alt- Delete keychord. The Windows Task. Manager will appear.
Take the Applications tab and see if anything is running. If so, stop those programs (it's usually better to switch to the program and. Close from the Task Manager). Wait a bit as it sometimes takes Windows a bit of time to release all program. Then try to rename or delete the file.
If you now can rename or delete. If you still can't rename or the file you need to go to the Processes tab. There should be a number of running processes. Two of these are particularly. Explorer and Systray.
Do. not end these. The other processes should.
Try stopping those processes you may recognize one at. Attempt to rename or delete the file after each has stopped. If you. can, then you know what process was using the file.
Keep going until only Explorer. Systray are running.
If the file is still in use you've got your answer. The most basic processes in the computer are using the file. The same caveat. as above applies: the file was in use for a reason and if you rename it or. File is Marked Read- only. This is the easy one. To find out if a file is marked read- only right click.
Windows Explorer. Select "Properties" from the. At the bottom of the dialog that appears are the attributes. See if the Read- only box is checked. If so, you won't. To take the read- only attribute off the file. Again, be aware that if some program requires that file to.
Use caution. Note: If the file is in use (see above) or you don't have the necessary permissions (i. How does a file get to be read- only? Most of the time it's by copying the. CD. Most CD media, by design, is read- only and often when you copy. CD (or an install program copies the file) a read- only attribute.
CD. This doesn't. File Name is Too Long.
Windows has special problems dealing with extra long path/filenames. If the combination of the path and file names gets close to 2.
Windows 9. 5/9. 8/ME) Windows will likely not handle it well if you try to delete or rename it (you can create it but not change it). While there are programs that can handle names that long or longer (e.
File. Boss) the first thing to try would be to rename some of the folders that lead up to the file itself. Back the directory display up one level and then select and rename the folder the file is in. Try a single letter (obviously, keep a record of what folder you named to what so you can reverse the process!). Then, go back to the file and see if Windows then allows you to rename or delete it. If not, go back yet another folder and rename that one and so forth. At some point you should be able to find a series of reduced- length folder names that allow you to then rename the offending file to a short enough name to allow you to then recreate the original directory tree and still work with the file in question. Special Programs for Deleting Files/Folders.
Sometimes you can't seem to delete a file or folder no matter what you do. In this case there are a few programs that might help you.
If, after all this you still can't rename/delete a file, not certain what else to suggest. Others have this problem often and as different ideas might come up in the FILExt forum I'll change this FAQ to include them. If you find a method that works for you and is not in this FAQ, please drop FILExt a note with details on that method so it can be added to the FAQ.