- File removal
- Posted by diggydiggy on October 27th, 2005
there are two files on my desktop that when i try to delete it says they are
being used by another program. These are setup files that I do not wish to
use. I've tried restarting the computer and then deleting them, but it has
been unsuccesful. No opther programs are running at the time. How do i find
what programs are using these files, stop the process and delete the files?
- Posted by Ted Zieglar on October 27th, 2005
What text appears under the icons?
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Ted Zieglar
"You can do it if you try."
"diggydiggy" <diggydiggy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:579B4A17-2C04-4AF8-A90A-E9CF412321FB@microsoft.com...
> there are two files on my desktop that when i try to delete it says they
are
> being used by another program. These are setup files that I do not wish to
> use. I've tried restarting the computer and then deleting them, but it has
> been unsuccesful. No opther programs are running at the time. How do i
find
> what programs are using these files, stop the process and delete the
files?
- Posted by S. Taylor on October 28th, 2005
1) Close all open programs.
2) Open a command prompt.( Start | All Programs |Accessories | Command
Promp )
3) Press ctrl+alt+del to open the Task Manager.
4) In Task Manager find a process called "explorer.exe", select it, and
click End Process.
5) Switch to the Command Prompt window and type in these commands:
cd\%homepath%
cd.\desktop
del <filename1>
del <filename2>
Replace <filename1> and <filename2> with the name of the file you
want to delete
6) Switch back to the Task Manager and click File | New Task (Run...) and
type in explorer.exe and click OK
7) Resume normal use of your computer
"diggydiggy" <diggydiggy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:579B4A17-2C04-4AF8-A90A-E9CF412321FB@microsoft.com...
> there are two files on my desktop that when i try to delete it says they
> are
> being used by another program. These are setup files that I do not wish to
> use. I've tried restarting the computer and then deleting them, but it has
> been unsuccesful. No opther programs are running at the time. How do i
> find
> what programs are using these files, stop the process and delete the
> files?
