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Steve-O 2004




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PostPosted: Sun, 1st May 2005 12:28    Post subject: Files that wont delete
I got 2 EXE files on my desktop. One of them is "Internet Explorer 6 Installation file" and the other is "SoundPak5.exe"

The Files Are not Viruses, but I think they are Incomplete downloads.

When I hit delete or try to move them it says File is in use and cannot be deleted

I tried booting in Safe Mode and deleting them but it still didnt work Sad


Is there any software that can force a delete??

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cdgame122




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PostPosted: Sun, 1st May 2005 13:27    Post subject:
Maybe if you click on the programs so they'll be active and then press: Ctrl, Alt and Del, and then you can start with "soundpak5.exe" by right clicking on it, and press "go to process" and when you are at the process, right click on it and press "close process". And then you do the same with the "Internet Explorer 6 Installation file"! Hope that helped! I don't the english language on my computer so the menus is different! Happy to help!
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whoKnows
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PostPosted: Sun, 1st May 2005 13:36    Post subject:
You can use ERD or CIA Commander etc or you can just boot to the recovery console and delete the files.
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Steve-O 2004




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PostPosted: Sun, 1st May 2005 18:02    Post subject:
Will try them Whoknows.

Cdgame, it doesnt show up in processes Sad

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Voodoo-child
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PostPosted: Sun, 1st May 2005 18:52    Post subject:
boot windows in safe-mode & try to delete?
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toeffy
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PostPosted: Sun, 1st May 2005 20:14    Post subject: Re: Files that wont delete
Steve-O 2004 wrote:

I tried booting in Safe Mode and deleting them but it still didnt work Sad


Wink

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g0aTee




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PostPosted: Mon, 2nd May 2005 00:26    Post subject:
Try these two freewares: WhoLockMe, Force Delete

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UserFriendly7
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PostPosted: Mon, 2nd May 2005 11:31    Post subject:
go back to classic DOS mode. works 100% of the time...

Create a Win98 boot disk and boot into dos through that and use the appropiate commands like... cd <directory where it is> ... DEL filename.exe

why waste time trying to fool around with windows? Smile

P.s. www.bootdisk.com
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toeffy
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PostPosted: Mon, 2nd May 2005 12:02    Post subject:
you could use a linux on a cd thing...like knopix on a cd...boot from it into kde and deltet the files.

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WTang




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PostPosted: Sat, 7th May 2005 04:36    Post subject:
toeffy wrote:
you could use a linux on a cd thing...like knopix on a cd...boot from it into kde and deltet the files.

really crazy way. Laughing
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Steve-O 2004




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PostPosted: Sat, 7th May 2005 14:11    Post subject:
its ok now... For some reason after about 10 weeks of having the file just sitting their it allowed me to normally delete it Very Happy

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crude




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PostPosted: Sun, 8th May 2005 01:25    Post subject:
For next time, this is really efficient. Adds options to the context menu.

MoveOnBoot allows you to copy, move 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.

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/moveonboot.html
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Mushpit




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PostPosted: Tue, 17th May 2005 16:15    Post subject:
Dont install applications/reboot in safe mode to delete these files. I think this is a bug in the explorer.exe 's file handling.

To delete the file:

Hit CTRL+ALT+DELETE, go to the PROCESS TAB, teminate 'explorer.exe'.

Start a CMD prompt (APPLICATION tab, NEW TASK, type in 'CMD' then ENTER)

In the command prompt go into the dirctory where you cant delete your file (for your desktop its: C:\Documents and Settings\<USERNAME>\Desktop) and delete the file (del <FILE>).

In the Task Manager select the APPLICATIONS tab, click NEW TASK, enter 'explorer' then ENTER.

That is all Smile
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bum^




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PostPosted: Tue, 17th May 2005 20:26    Post subject:
http://www.michna.com/kb/WxCannotDelete.htm

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