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Unable to delete this file on my desktop
The procedures using the Windows 98 boot disk and the recovery console
are mostly the same as what you did. So now you're familiar with command line options if you have to delete a malware file that won't go quietly away. Roger On Fri, 9 Apr 2004 18:56:09 -0700, "Lola Falona Burgerman" wrote: hehe yes. What a pain in the rear that thing was. How does something like that happen? It was just a corrupt tiny little download (gotta love 3 adjectives). You would think a administrator would be able to delete anything or there would be a window that said "this file is being used by another program. Are you sure you want to delete it?" Makes too much sense I guess. Thanks again for your kick butt help. I learned some vauluable comand line stuff today. Brett "roger" wrote in message .. . You're very welcome, Brett :-) Now you got rid of that pesky file!!! On Fri, 9 Apr 2004 16:28:46 -0700, "Lola Falona Burgerman" wrote: HOLD THE PHONE!!! I forgot to end task on explorer.exe. When I did that I was able to delete the file. /happy happy joy joy! Thanks a ton, Roger!!! You rock the block. Brett "roger" wrote in message ... Brett, use cd and cd.. (two dots) Example cd.. (gets you to the folder above the one you're in) cd\ (Gets you to the root folder, generally C) cd windows (gets you to the windows folder) .. cd\ cd "Documents and settings" (With quotation marks) cd "Username" cd "desktop" del name_of_file.extension Hope this helps On Fri, 9 Apr 2004 15:56:27 -0700, "Lola Falona Burgerman" wrote: I just can't figure out what to do from the comand propt. I tried every combination of things I could think of. I can't seem to navigate to the desktop using the comand prompt. Brett "roger" wrote in message news You're very welcome, Brett :-) Thank you for your feedback. On Fri, 9 Apr 2004 14:39:25 -0700, "Lola Falona Burgerman" wrote: Thank you very much, Roger. Brett "roger" wrote in message news:c93e70dk2feeena00s6hphpdimdblirb8b@4ax .com... Brett, Try this: Open a command prompt (Start Run cmd) and browse to the desktop: Documents and settings\Username\desktop ( typing cd (Change directory)) Open task manager (Ctrl + Alt +Del) and kill explorer.exe from there In the command prompt, type : del source_hdr02 In Task manager, open a new task -- explorer.exe Good luck On Fri, 9 Apr 2004 12:34:41 -0700, "Lola Falona Burgerman" wrote: that is beyond my capabilities so I guess I will be there till I format. Brett "roger" wrote in message news:6l0e70lk1eamg42g0ajim6h3ji6rgbjhsj@4 ax.com... Hi Lola, Delete it from the XP CD Recovery console. Or boot from a Windows 98 boot disk and delete it from there. Good luck On Fri, 9 Apr 2004 11:52:11 -0700, "Lola Falona Burgerman" wrote: Here is a pic of the jerk. Here is what the jerk does when I try to kill it. Does same thing in safe mode. I am running XP Home SP2 beta. Any way to rid my desktop of this thing? |
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Unable to delete this file on my desktop
The procedures using the Windows 98 boot disk and the recovery console
are mostly the same as what you did. So now you're familiar with command line options if you have to delete a malware file that won't go quietly away. Roger On Fri, 9 Apr 2004 18:56:09 -0700, "Lola Falona Burgerman" wrote: hehe yes. What a pain in the rear that thing was. How does something like that happen? It was just a corrupt tiny little download (gotta love 3 adjectives). You would think a administrator would be able to delete anything or there would be a window that said "this file is being used by another program. Are you sure you want to delete it?" Makes too much sense I guess. Thanks again for your kick butt help. I learned some vauluable comand line stuff today. Brett "roger" wrote in message .. . You're very welcome, Brett :-) Now you got rid of that pesky file!!! On Fri, 9 Apr 2004 16:28:46 -0700, "Lola Falona Burgerman" wrote: HOLD THE PHONE!!! I forgot to end task on explorer.exe. When I did that I was able to delete the file. /happy happy joy joy! Thanks a ton, Roger!!! You rock the block. Brett "roger" wrote in message ... Brett, use cd and cd.. (two dots) Example cd.. (gets you to the folder above the one you're in) cd\ (Gets you to the root folder, generally C) cd windows (gets you to the windows folder) .. cd\ cd "Documents and settings" (With quotation marks) cd "Username" cd "desktop" del name_of_file.extension Hope this helps On Fri, 9 Apr 2004 15:56:27 -0700, "Lola Falona Burgerman" wrote: I just can't figure out what to do from the comand propt. I tried every combination of things I could think of. I can't seem to navigate to the desktop using the comand prompt. Brett "roger" wrote in message news You're very welcome, Brett :-) Thank you for your feedback. On Fri, 9 Apr 2004 14:39:25 -0700, "Lola Falona Burgerman" wrote: Thank you very much, Roger. Brett "roger" wrote in message news:c93e70dk2feeena00s6hphpdimdblirb8b@4ax .com... Brett, Try this: Open a command prompt (Start Run cmd) and browse to the desktop: Documents and settings\Username\desktop ( typing cd (Change directory)) Open task manager (Ctrl + Alt +Del) and kill explorer.exe from there In the command prompt, type : del source_hdr02 In Task manager, open a new task -- explorer.exe Good luck On Fri, 9 Apr 2004 12:34:41 -0700, "Lola Falona Burgerman" wrote: that is beyond my capabilities so I guess I will be there till I format. Brett "roger" wrote in message news:6l0e70lk1eamg42g0ajim6h3ji6rgbjhsj@4 ax.com... Hi Lola, Delete it from the XP CD Recovery console. Or boot from a Windows 98 boot disk and delete it from there. Good luck On Fri, 9 Apr 2004 11:52:11 -0700, "Lola Falona Burgerman" wrote: Here is a pic of the jerk. Here is what the jerk does when I try to kill it. Does same thing in safe mode. I am running XP Home SP2 beta. Any way to rid my desktop of this thing? |
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