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Desktop file won't stay deleted

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Name: tayeke
Date: January 13, 2005 at 20:17:15 Pacific
OS: Windows XP Home
CPU/Ram: AMD Athlon XP 2800+/512MB
Comment:

I made a file that I was temporarily using to move files from one place to another.
I called it Weird Al Mix, because it had weird al music in it. Now the folder has nothing in it and I deleted it. But if I permanently delete it from my recyle bin it pops back on my desktop in a few minutes while I'm not looking.

Can someone help me with my possesed file!?



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Name: Ed in Texas.
Date: January 14, 2005 at 00:39:24 Pacific
Reply:

tayeke, dunno if it'll help or not, but you can try it & see. Shift+Delete will erase the critter and bypass the recycle bin. In case that won't work try safe mode. If it still won't work, make sure it isn't a protected Windows file. If it turns out to be protected, try turning off restore prior to getting rid of it.
HTH.
Ed in Texas.


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Response Number 2
Name: Jacques Schmitt
Date: January 14, 2005 at 04:28:13 Pacific
Reply:

if the above still wont fix it there is an app called moveonboot, google for it, if this doesnt shift it nothing will

JS

Welcome to the desert of the real.


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Response Number 3
Name: tayeke
Date: January 16, 2005 at 23:01:33 Pacific
Reply:

I think it worked. But it could still be hiding and waiting for the perfect moment to jump out and piss me off again!


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