cannot delete OESpamFilter.dat

[Hardik]

I have a file called OESpamFilter.dat which is stucked in the recycle bin and wont be deleted. I am not even able to restore it. If I try to clean it with Ccleaner then it will just freeze at the time of deleting the OESpamFilter.dat file. Can anybody tell me how to delete OESpamFilter.dat file? Thanks in advance

[Team Leader]

You can always try to un-associate the .dat file extension, in the registry
Editor by going into

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.dat

In the right-hand pane, right-click and delete the value "(default)", under Name, (which will have the value "dat_auto_file", under Data). Otherwise, you could make a .reg file in Notepad with this:

--------------------------------------------------------

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.dat]
"NoOpen"="

--------------------------------------------------------

Copy the above into Notepad (not including the dashes) and save it as dat.reg (no .txt extension). Close Notepad, then open dat.reg, and allow the Merge.

[Viceman]

Is that file used by any other program or is it associated with any other program? Try to close all the processess under task manager and see if you can delete that file. You can also try to go into safe mode and from their try to delete it. Hope that helps.

[JAMES_911]

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