September 7th 12, 01:09 AM
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Undeletable file. I'm stumped.
On 09/06/2012 03:55 PM, BillW50 wrote:
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philo wrote:
On 09/06/2012 08:22 AM, slate_leeper wrote:
XP Professional, SP2. 500gb SATA drive, using 74gig.
This is a left-over file that was not removed by the program's
uninstall routine.
Trying to delete it results in the "locked or in use" error.
File Assassin's "unlock" routine reports that the file is not locked.
However File's Assassin's "delete file" command results in "unable to
delete."
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First off: boot to safe mode, you should be able to delete it from
there. If that does not work, boot from a Linux live cd...for sure
you will be able to delete it then. (I'd probably rename it first
just in case it ends up being some file needed for booting)
Careful, I have been burned by Linux Live before. My Windows didn't have
a swapfile because I was running it on a SSD. And Ubuntu Live doesn't
care and makes it's own in the Windows partition. I have no idea why
Linux needs to touch anything it shouldn't, but it does. And when I
booted Windows after Ubuntu Live it popped up a window saying Windows
Installer and froze. I much prefer WinPE or BartPE. As they don't play
games with your partition like Linux does.
Thanks for the info...
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