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imfromczechbaby
3rd March 2009, 12:27 AM
Hello
How can I delete files in the "windows" directory?
Those files that I want to delete are not important or anything so I want to delete them.
I mean those "Album_Sample" pictures and one .3gp video.
In Files Explorer on my Diamond I cant delete them and when I connect my diamond to my PC and I try to do it this way it says that I dont have a permission to do it. Please help me how to do this.
Thanks

Sorry for my english...

mattrobb
3rd March 2009, 12:35 AM
Total Commander will let you do it:

http://www.ghisler.com/download.htm

Note: you'll have to go to File -> Properties to remove the Read Only and/or System File properties from the files you want to delete before you can delete them.

Also, I find TC easier to use with a full keyboard, and I use My Mobiler to access my system when altering the registry/Windows files:

http://www.mymobiler.com/

Good luck!

imfromczechbaby
3rd March 2009, 12:42 AM
Total Commander will let you do it:

http://www.ghisler.com/download.htm

Note: you'll have to go to File -> Properties to remove the Read Only and/or System File properties from the files you want to delete before you can delete them.

Also, I find TC easier to use with a full keyboard, and I use My Mobiler to access my system when altering the registry/Windows files:

http://www.mymobiler.com/

Good luck!

Well im still gonna try it with Total Commander but it doesnt work with mobile explorer. When i try to get in the windows directory it doesnt load.

imfromczechbaby
3rd March 2009, 12:48 AM
Total Commander will let you do it:

http://www.ghisler.com/download.htm

Note: you'll have to go to File -> Properties to remove the Read Only and/or System File properties from the files you want to delete before you can delete them.

Also, I find TC easier to use with a full keyboard, and I use My Mobiler to access my system when altering the registry/Windows files:

http://www.mymobiler.com/

Good luck!

It dont work with total commander niether. I dont know how is this possible but total commander doesnt even show those files to me.

Davey101
3rd March 2009, 12:55 AM
It dont work with total commander niether. I dont know how is this possible but total commander doesnt even show those files to me.

These files are probably in the ROM, so you can't delete them. You could overwrite them but this doesn't save any space because the originals are always kept.

You need to cook another ROM without them. :)

Minus-1
3rd March 2009, 06:37 AM
As already mentioned, those files are probably in ROM (and thus not something you can delete) BUT in the off-chance they are not, you can do the following to delete trouble-some or "locked" files:

1. Install Resco Explorer
2. Delete the suspect files (they will be moved to "Recycle Bin")
3. Restart your device
4. In Resco Explorer, empty the Recycle Bin

Ta-Da -- files gone.

Again, if they are in ROM, this won't work. :)

vale|46
3rd March 2009, 01:56 PM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=487273&#post3391135

nonentity
9th March 2009, 04:34 PM
why not learn to cook ur own ROM? at ur own risk of cos... my own ROM gives me a total of 107mb of program memory and total of 123.3mb of storage memory.. plenty of space and so much less lag...

we used to say that lagging and hanging is one of the feature for WM devices.. but that's in the past now.. now i'm only trying to figure out if it is possible to partition it so that i can put more space to program memory from the storage...

Good luck..