Why Can't I Delete Anything In Windows 8?

[Wiglaf]

My C: drive can't delete anything. It's an SSD. I can't even drag things to trash anymore. It does the dialogue box showing I trashed something, but it never appears there. Whenever I use the uninstall function it tells me Windows couldn't delete it, and it may have already been removed. I mean I'm not saying I feel like I've been tricked into going into a gas chamber but right now Windows 8 feels like a gas chamber.

[The Mad Monk]

The NSA hasn't finished copying things over, give it a while.

[Wiglaf]

It's infuriating that there's no way to reset it without reinstalling Windows.

[SlowwHand]

I don't want Windows 8.

[Wiglaf]

Thankfully an app called File Shredder helped me delete it. I have no clue how to explain this.

[Jon Miller]

My wife has the problem that she can't do anything else but skype when running skype in windows 8.

JM

[Wiglaf]

SHE PROBABLY DOWNLOADED IT FROM THE WINDOWS STORE BIG MISTAKE JON MILLER BIG MISTAKE YOU DONT WANT THE TABLET VERSION TELL YOUR WIFE SHE WANTS THE DESKTOP VERSION

[Imran Siddiqui]

My C: drive can't delete anything. It's an SSD. I can't even drag things to trash anymore. It does the dialogue box showing I trashed something, but it never appears there. Whenever I use the uninstall function it tells me Windows couldn't delete it, and it may have already been removed. I mean I'm not saying I feel like I've been tricked into going into a gas chamber but right now Windows 8 feels like a gas chamber.

It's because you aren't smart enough

[Imran Siddiqui]

My wife has the problem that she can't do anything else but skype when running skype in windows 8.

JM

The Windows App version is a full screen app - the program can be run in desktop mode.

[loinburger]

Thankfully an app called File Shredder helped me delete it. I have no clue how to explain this.

Be careful using programs like file shredder if you have an SSD, often these programs' default delete methods are to overwrite the data with multiple passes and this can degrade SSD performance. I use Eraser, whose default delete method is a 35-pass overwrite which would kill my SSD.

[giblets]

My computer is running windows 7 although I wish it was running windows xp.

[Wiglaf]

Be careful using programs like file shredder if you have an SSD, often these programs' default delete methods are to overwrite the data with multiple passes and this can degrade SSD performance. I use Eraser, whose default delete method is a 35-pass overwrite which would kill my SSD.

God dammit is there a program I can use that won't shred my ssd? Thanks for letting me know

[Imran Siddiqui]

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/solid-state-flash-translation-layer-NAND-FAST-11-Sanitization,12252.html

[loinburger]

God dammit is there a program I can use that won't shred my ssd? Thanks for letting me know

Use Eraser, and change the settings to use pseudorandom 1-pass for files and free space.

You can also use Delete Invalid File, I think its free trial is good for 30 days after which you should hopefully have Windows 8 working again.

[loinburger]

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/sol...ion,12252.html

If you're worried about security, your best bet is to encrypt your hard drive with Truecrypt, after which you don't need to worry about secure deletion.