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What path is showing?
Is it C:\
or is it
C:\_OTM

If it is the latter then you don't need to type in the cd part
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i typed C:\_OTM i also typed _OTM and i typed cd _OTM but neither of the 3 work
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Try cd OTM

I think the problem is the _
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it still says that it cant find the file path
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um could i get some help please -_-
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I'm confused at to what you are looking at.
After rereading everything it seems you are at the C:\_OTM
directory already.
Is that right?
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i know where it is....i know how to get there, but when i type in that command no i am not in the folder already
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ok what is the directory name where the document is that we are talking about?
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C:\_OTM
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OK try this.
At the C prompt type in dir and click Enter
Is there a long list of directories and files that go by?
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yeah a long list appears
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ok now try dir \w and then enter
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it says c:\ directory then it says that it cant find the file o.O
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go here and get ...MoveOnBoot

MoveOnBoot allows you to copy, moves or delete files on the next system boot. This comes in very handy, if you need to replace or delete files which are locked by other applications, loaded into memory or cannot be changed until next system boot.

You could manually enter a line to the wininit files, but using MoveOnBoot is much simpler, since the program can be integrated into shell - it creates the "Copy/Move/Delete on boot" context menu item.
browse to the folder or files you want gone...right click on it and select delete ...reboot...they get deleted before windows or anything else gets a chance to lock them
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aaaah it wont work! i tried it, maybe the amount of files is just too much or something....but it didnt work -_-
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