bubblegum Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 Hi\aI have a file stuck on my desktop.. It was downloaded in opera and got disconnected half way through.. and now it cant be deleted because it's 'being used by another person or program'. I've tried booting in safe mode... I've tried logging on as different users.. and I’ve deleted all the references I can find to it from the registry..Could someone help?It's dungeonsiegeyesterhaven.exe [an expansion thing-a-me for dungeon siege] if that makes any difference.Thanx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hansen_dk Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 If you can't find out what application that's using the file, I'm afraid you will need to delete it from DOS mode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubblegum Posted July 19, 2004 Author Share Posted July 19, 2004 How could I fond out what applications using it?how would i delete it if it's on an ntfs partition [from dos]?thanx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vercetti_1765 Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 Hi bubblegum,I have had the same exact thing happen except it was with a file that i downloaded from ARES. I used Super Shredder. Well you tell super shredder which file it is you want to delete and it starts to delete it, then it like freezes at a certian point in the deletion process that it has, then you just cancel and delete it the way you would any other file that isn't acting that way.Well that worked for me! Hope it will for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alanoll Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 try logging on as an Admin, if that doesn't work....have you tried moving it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubblegum Posted July 19, 2004 Author Share Posted July 19, 2004 HiSuper shredder didn't work and I’ve tried moving it and I've also logged in as administrator and none of them worked...What would be a good program that shows me what’s opened what, what’s using what.. and such.thanxI really can’t be bothered to reformat/install xp unless I really have to.. It’s just annoying that it’s sat there on my desktop and its 51,700kb ... and it won't go away.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrzycrim Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 If you have a retail XP CD, not an OEM recovery disk, you can use the recovery console to delete that file: Just follow these instructions at this site:http://www.wown.com/j_helmig/wxprcons.htmOnce you log onto the Recovery console, navigate to where that file is and delete it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubblegum Posted July 19, 2004 Author Share Posted July 19, 2004 Hi jrzycrim![?] It wouldnt give me access to the documents and settings folder... and I gave up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunil Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 hmmm, it seems you are just a normal user, you need to get admin rights...also check the security settings of the file in question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubblegum Posted July 19, 2004 Author Share Posted July 19, 2004 HI..Found a program called ForceDelhttp://www.codeguru.com/Cpp/W-P/files/file...ticle.php/c1287and it did the trick... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homiebrah Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 Another possible fix would be to take ownership of the file. I have to do this when compiling XP images using XPCREATE. After the OSI is built, the TEMP folder cannot be emptied, even when running XPCREATE again. Assigning ownership to the Administrator account works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curv Boll Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 Hi,I have had this may times,each time i open dos and use the del command and the path to the file to delete it!Just as Hansen suggested at the beginning of this discussion.If your not sure of the path to type in when deleting in dos, just go into windowsand open the properties for the file you wish to delete....there you shall see the path to enlightenment.CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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