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April 1st, 2003, 12:21 AM
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whats up ppl. I have this small piece of a porno file on my cpu. it will not delete what so ever. lets say i use my mouse and hover over it... to display it's details n stuff. just doing that will slooooow my computer down. after goin anywhere near my cpu it takes my cpu about a minute to go back to normal.
oh yeah it says "file in use, cant delete" and just wont delete. i've tried closing down everything on my cpu but it still wont delete.
i use a 1.8 ghz, win xp, cpu can anyone help ? | 
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April 1st, 2003, 12:23 AM
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boot in safe mode and delete it | |
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April 1st, 2003, 12:29 AM
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CRTL ALT DELETE, and delet every process (just not the Windows ones) then try it again, else rename the folder and delete it, rename the file and delete, or get a free anti virus proggy, it looks like a dialer or something else.
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April 1st, 2003, 12:33 AM
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try disabling nortons' auto protect or any virus tool you can. Use the right-click method. Make sure you're current on your virus updates, too.
Let us know how it turns out! | |
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April 1st, 2003, 12:40 AM
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worst case scenario, you should be able to boot to the recovery console and delete it from there... | |
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April 1st, 2003, 04:39 PM
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zidane.. i had the same plan, it didnt work. still said file in use.
creatures... i've done that as well.
bonner... i've done that as well, did that while doing what creatures had in mind.
prester... i'm about to do ur idea. i think i saw recovery console when i went to safe mode once.
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April 1st, 2003, 05:02 PM
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| Quote: Originally posted by PresterJohn
worst case scenario, you should be able to boot to the recovery console and delete it from there... | how do i get to the recovry console that ur talkn about????? will it look like dosshell | |
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April 1st, 2003, 05:09 PM
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i donnu sorry but what about downloading a free regcleaner and delete everything suspecious in the autostart (you can do that with: START -> RUN -> msconfig (doesnt work in 2k))
and then you should be able to delete it because it's not in use!
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April 1st, 2003, 08:09 PM
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ahhh turn off stuff in auto start sounds good... ill try that before deleting anything. | |
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April 1st, 2003, 08:14 PM
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This is a bit confusing but I have heard of this problem before...
(1) Remove everything from the folder that contains the offending file that you want to keep and place them in a back-up folder.
(2) Move the old folder and the offending file to the root directory of C:
(3) Delete the folder and the file will be gone.
The secret here is that the file name is too long and windows doesn't recognize it as a valid folder.
Hope this works for you. | |
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