Error Message: Cannot Delete File: File System Error (1026)

ID: Q208082

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 98
Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
Microsoft Windows 95

SYMPTOMS

When you use the Undo Copy or Undo Move commands, you may receive the following error message:

Cannot Delete File: File System Error (1026)

CAUSE

This issue can occur if you copy or move a file to a disk, delete the file, and then click the Undo Copy or Undo Move command to try to retrieve the file.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, configure Windows to move files you delete to the Recycle Bin. To do this, follow these steps:

Right-click the Recycle Bin, and then click Properties.

If you use one setting for all drives, click to clear the Do not move files to the Recycle Bin. Remove files immediately when deleted check box, and then click OK.

NOTE: If you configure the Recycle Bin to work independently on each drive, click to clear the Do not move files to the Recycle Bin. Remove files immediately when deleted check box on each local disk tab, and then click OK.

MORE INFORMATION

The Undo Copy and Undo Move commands are available, but do not work with files that you have deleted from a floppy disk.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: 2nd 3.5 5.25 hard disk drive

Keywords : kbenv kberrmsg kbhw kbtool win95 win98 win98se
Version : WINDOWS:95
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb