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August 3rd 11, 06:00 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Help! Can't delete a file in Windows XP!
On Mon, 01 Aug 2011 19:37:04 GMT,
(Guy Fletcher) wrote:
This should be so simple on the face of it, but aaaaargh!
In a nutshell, I have a virus that has corrupted the USERINIT registry
entry. Identified it ok. Just need to delete c:\program\abc\def.exe (I
got the name from regedit.)
1. I can't delete folder "abc" because it says it's "not empty". Fair
enough, I'll delete "def" first.
2. Uh huh. Says "def" isn't there.
3. I go into DOS (or rather the command prompt feature of WXP).
4. I do the ATTRIB command for -r -s -h, and it takes it without error
message..... BUT nothing's changed, at all!
5. Read on the internet that the TYPE command ignores whether files
are hidden/system, so I do that on def.exe.
6. YES! It lists gobbledegook (as expected with .exe data) so that
proves it DOES exist and is still there.
So - the question seems to be why the ATTRIB command had no
effect..... anybody have any suggestions?
Thanks
Guy
Download and burn Hiren's BootCD
http://www.hirensbootcd.org/download/
Boot to it and select "Mini Windows". Delete the folders from there.
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