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File can't delete
Name: Bubba8614 Date: August 16, 2004 at 00:03:23 Pacific OS: windows XP CPU/Ram: Athalon XP 2400. 1024mb d
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I pride myself on know computers. I've taken computer courses and am even work in IT. But I now have a problem I can't fix. This File will not delete. I've tried Safe mode and Norton. It always says that the file is in use. I have tried through DOS but it will not remove it. Any help would be nice.
Name: Valerie (by Garibaldi) Date: August 16, 2004 at 00:06:30 Pacific
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Where is the file & what's it's name??
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Response Number 2
Name: ding Date: August 16, 2004 at 04:23:48 Pacific
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in dos you need the file attrib.exe if you use a windows 98 startup disk, if the file is not there it is in c:\windows\command
the command is:
attrib -h -a -r -s filename
after this command the file can be deleted
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Response Number 3
Name: BlueRaja Date: August 16, 2004 at 10:23:20 Pacific
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Are you sure you were deleting it through DOS, and not just the XP command line (cmd.exe)?
If so, you could exit out of all non-system-critical processes, THEN exit out of explorer.exe. Hit ctrl+alt+del, go to applications, and hit new task. Now try deleting it through cmd.exe, making sure to take note of ding's attribute comment.
Otherwise, ding's comment on starting up with a '98 disk should work regardless (assuming you HAVE a disk drive and a boot disk).
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Response Number 4
Name: Wombat Date: August 16, 2004 at 13:36:14 Pacific
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Go here and get MoveOnBoot this "will" solve your problem...
www.gibinsoft.net/gipoutils/fileutil/index.htm
Iligitimi non carborundum est
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Response Number 5
Name: Bubba8614 Date: August 16, 2004 at 22:21:26 Pacific
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Thank you all for the suggestions. The file is a 2 meg file calling itself SNES.exe . I've searched the registry and everything else for the file or anything relating to it but i can't find it. I can't seem to find any harm it is doing but it still worries me.
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Response Number 6
Name: Bubba8614 Date: August 16, 2004 at 22:27:38 Pacific
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moveonboot worked. Bows to Wombat's Knowledge.
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Response Number 7
Name: BlueRaja Date: August 16, 2004 at 22:46:51 Pacific
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"The file is a 2 meg file calling itself SNES.exe" -lol
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