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[sweatingbricks]

I was doing a CCleaner free space wipe, which was almost complete I believe, when there was a power failure and my computer shut off.... When I turned on my computer after I got power back, I got a low disc space notice, and found my 70gig hard drive, which had been 3/4 empty, was now 99%+  full!! I know CCleaner makes a huge file to wipe free space, but now I can't do anything to get my free space back!! I tried to delete the huge CCleaner file off my hard drive (my computer>local disc>open>attempt to delete huge CCleaner file) but I get told my access is denied. Can anyone help me?

[kroozer]

If you have Malwarebytes you may be able to delete the file with Malwarebytes\ MoreTools\ FileAssassin. If not, delete with Unlocker.

[sweatingbricks]

Malwarebytes worked like a charm!I never even knew that tool was available in Malwarebytes.  I'm not very computer savvy obviously,so that was a great help to me. Thanks so much I really appreciate your help.

[hazelnut]

Glad to hear you got it sorted after following kroozers suggestion.

You have my vote for best forum member name of the day