I have been trying to tidy up my PC as it has been running slow and frequently crashing. I have just run scan disk and defragmented the hard drive. Then I decided to delete as much old stuff as I could from My Documents. I am able to send stuff from there to the Recycle Bin but the icon for the documents I am deleting will not delete from the document folder. It says----File error 1026, unable to delete. does anyone have any ideas. If you click on the icon , the folder is empty but its a pain now having loads of icons with nothing in. I have Norton antivirus and update regularly.
Please can any computer whizzes advise.
thanks
Sue

Cannot Delete File: File System Error (1026).

Cause: This issue can be caused by one of two reasons:

1) Insufficient hard disk space on the computer.
2) A file is copied or moved to a disk, then deleted, and then the Undo Copy or Undo Move is clicked to try to retrieve the file.
3) Attempting to copy or delete a file over a network and the server is having difficulties sending the file because of security issues or high network traffic.

Solution: Insufficient hard disk space on the computer.

Verify that the hard disk drive has at least 100 MB of free hard disk space.

A file is copied or moved to a disk, then deleted, and then the Undo Copy or Undo Move is clicked to try to retrieve the file.

1) From the Windows desktop right click on the Recycle Bin and click properties.
2) In Recycle Bin Properties remove the check from "Do not move files to the Recycle Bin. Remove files immediately when deleted"
3) Click Apply and then ok.

Note: The Undo Copy or Undo Move do not work with a removable media or floppy disk drive.

Attempting to copy or delete a file over a network and the server is having difficulties sending the file because of security issues or high network traffic.

Verify with the network administrator that there are no security issues or reports of high traffic at the time the error has occurred.

Source: http://www.computerhope.com

Thanks Leigh. Being 'thick' I don't fully understand all this. have tried the recycle bin suggestion. that is okay.
The hard drive is less than half full (Over 5Gb left) so that is not the problem.
Are you saying it could be something to do with files being previusly transferred to cd. A lot of these are photos and I think adam may at some point have copied them
Sue

I told you I was thick. I just realised where the info came from. Will try and check it out!!!Sue

Had a feeling that Adam might be behind this :D Yes, that is how I read it.