"There were system errors" - deleting "system files" from Recycle bin

[steerage250]

I am trying to (carefully) clean-out the recycle bin using File Station.
It refuses to delete Microsoft Office temporary files such as "~bla bla.docx" with the message "System Message: There were input errors, please try again later"

If I try to delete these files in Windows Explorer, it says it is a "system file" - are you sure you want to delete it. Answering Yes deletes the file successfully.

Is there an option somewhere in File Station to permit deleting these files?

[dolbyman]

what user are you using for file station? make sure it's admin (admin) and no replacement user

[steerage250]

ah, I had disabled the "admin" account and made a new admin account. Indeed, using the "admin" account does work.

Pretty crap that an alternative admin account won't do the same.

Thankyou dolbyman

[steerage250]

Logging in as the genuine "admin" does allow you to delete some files that start with a "~" (eg ~bla.pst.tmp[xx]) - but still not ~$bla bla.docx (the "$" must add another level of protection)

[FSC830]

It is not a protection level, its a locked file from MS Office.
Seems that office was not shutdown properly, this results in such "ghost" files.

Regards

[steerage250]

How they got there is not really the point - it's how to get rid of them

[dosborne]

Well, they should autodelete from your recycle bin assuming to delete by age., Example anything older than 30 days.

You can always try a manual delete via SSH, and even automate a cleanup using the "find" command on a schedule. I do this for temporary files left over by my scanner utility, albeit in my main documents directory, not the recycle bin, bit same idea.

[PaulIntra2]

I get the same error when I try to access files with Filestation. With my windows browser howeverm I can access the files. Somebody has got any idea whats happening, how to repiar this?

[dolbyman]

see my first reply