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Undeletable file. I'm stumped.
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." "Unlocker" reports it can not delete the file. Two different "delete on reboot" utilities have not removed it. Searching with Process Explorer for the process does not find it running. Searching for it as a startup item with Autoruns does not find it. Chkdsk reports no errors on the drive. So how do I remove this file? -dan z- __ __ Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't. |
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Undeletable file. I'm stumped.
From: "slate_leeper"
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." "Unlocker" reports it can not delete the file. Two different "delete on reboot" utilities have not removed it. Searching with Process Explorer for the process does not find it running. Searching for it as a startup item with Autoruns does not find it. Chkdsk reports no errors on the drive. So how do I remove this file? Please be MORE specific such as the fully qualified name and path to the file in question. In the mean time... Use Sysintgern als Process Explorer. Go to; Find -- File handle or DLL enter the name of the file in question and see what running process may have that file's File Handle held open. -- Dave Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp |
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Undeletable file. I'm stumped.
On Thu, 6 Sep 2012 10:27:20 -0400, "David H. Lipman"
wrote: From: "slate_leeper" 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." "Unlocker" reports it can not delete the file. Two different "delete on reboot" utilities have not removed it. Searching with Process Explorer for the process does not find it running. Searching for it as a startup item with Autoruns does not find it. Chkdsk reports no errors on the drive. So how do I remove this file? Please be MORE specific such as the fully qualified name and path to the file in question. c:\Program FIles\cleanmem\mini_monitor.exe In the mean time... Use Sysintgern als Process Explorer. Go to; Find -- File handle or DLL enter the name of the file in question and see what running process may have that file's File Handle held open. Already done. From above: Searching with Process Explorer for the process does not find it running. Thanks for the reply. __ Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't. |
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Undeletable file. I'm stumped.
From: "slate_leeper"
On Thu, 6 Sep 2012 10:27:20 -0400, "David H. Lipman" wrote: From: "slate_leeper" 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." "Unlocker" reports it can not delete the file. Two different "delete on reboot" utilities have not removed it. Searching with Process Explorer for the process does not find it running. Searching for it as a startup item with Autoruns does not find it. Chkdsk reports no errors on the drive. So how do I remove this file? Please be MORE specific such as the fully qualified name and path to the file in question. c:\Program FIles\cleanmem\mini_monitor.exe In the mean time... Use Sysintgern als Process Explorer. Go to; Find -- File handle or DLL enter the name of the file in question and see what running process may have that file's File Handle held open. Already done. From above: Searching with Process Explorer for the process does not find it running. Thanks for the reply. What is the OS ? { Home vs. Pro, etc... } Have you checked the permissions on that file such that you can delete it ? Have you contacted http://www.pcwintech.com/ support ? -- Dave Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp |
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Undeletable file. I'm stumped.
On Fri, 7 Sep 2012 08:37:34 -0400, "David H. Lipman"
wrote: From: "slate_leeper" On Thu, 6 Sep 2012 10:27:20 -0400, "David H. Lipman" wrote: From: "slate_leeper" 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." "Unlocker" reports it can not delete the file. Two different "delete on reboot" utilities have not removed it. Searching with Process Explorer for the process does not find it running. Searching for it as a startup item with Autoruns does not find it. Chkdsk reports no errors on the drive. So how do I remove this file? Please be MORE specific such as the fully qualified name and path to the file in question. c:\Program FIles\cleanmem\mini_monitor.exe In the mean time... Use Sysintgern als Process Explorer. Go to; Find -- File handle or DLL enter the name of the file in question and see what running process may have that file's File Handle held open. Already done. From above: Searching with Process Explorer for the process does not find it running. Thanks for the reply. What is the OS ? { Home vs. Pro, etc... } First line of my original post: XP Professional, SP2. 500gb SATA drive, using 74gig. Have you checked the permissions on that file such that you can delete it ? Obviously. Also, as I posted, none of the "remove on reboot" utilities worked. Have you contacted http://www.pcwintech.com/ support ? No, I finally figured it out myself. __ Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't. |
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Undeletable file. I'm stumped.
From: "slate_leeper"
Have you contacted http://www.pcwintech.com/ support ? No, I finally figured it out myself. OK, which was... ? -- Dave Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp |
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Undeletable file. I'm stumped.
"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. ... So how do I remove this file? And the mystery file is named what? And in what path? For all me know from the lack of info on the file is that you are attempting to delete a system file. __ __ Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't. Learn how to properly configure your NNTP client to add a signature. Yours was *not* a signature at all but instead in the body of your post (so your wannabe signature became fluff *in* the body of your post). Two underscores and a newline is NOT a proper signature delimiter line. A correct sigdash line is "-- \n" (dash dash space newline). Adding 2 invalid signature delimiter lines (your 2 underscores) also doesn't define a proper sigdash line. You are using Forte Agent. According to its own users, that client does NOT automatically insert a proper signature delimiter. YOU have to add the "-- " line at the start of your signature content. |
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Undeletable file. I'm stumped.
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." snip 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) |
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Undeletable file. I'm stumped.
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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." snip 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. -- Bill Gateway M465e ('06 era) - OE-QuoteFix v1.19.2 Centrino Core Duo T2400 1.83GHz - 4GB - Windows XP SP3 |
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Undeletable file. I'm stumped.
On 09/06/2012 03:55 PM, BillW50 wrote:
In , 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." snip 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... -- https://www.createspace.com/3707686 |
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Undeletable file. I'm stumped.
On Thu, 6 Sep 2012 15:55:12 -0500, "BillW50" wrote in
article ... In , 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." snip 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. rant As with many other anecdotes and instances of failure from you, this reeks of user error. I've been using various Linux Live CDs, including Ubuntu, extensively for system recovery for better than a decade and what you describe just doesn't happen and I'll wager has never happened. First, Linux Live CDs don't auto-mount hard drive partitions, they must be manually mounted by the user. Second, Linux Live CDs don't use swap. Third, Linux doesn't use a swap *file* by default it uses a swap *partition* so it would have completely flattened the partition had it somehow gone off the deep end and decided to use your drive as swap on its own. Fourth, even if it did use a swap file, that file would have been just that, a file on the file system separate from anything else and Windows wouldn't have cared a whit. Crawl back under your bridge, troll. /rant -- Zaphod Arthur: All my life I've had this strange feeling that there's something big and sinister going on in the world. Slartibartfast: No, that's perfectly normal paranoia. Everyone in the universe gets that. |
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Undeletable file. I'm stumped.
On Fri, 7 Sep 2012 07:54:53 -0400, Zaphod Beeblebrox
wrote: On Thu, 6 Sep 2012 15:55:12 -0500, "BillW50" wrote in article ... 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. rant As with many other anecdotes and instances of failure from you, this reeks of user error. I've been using various Linux Live CDs, including Ubuntu, extensively for system recovery for better than a decade and what you describe just doesn't happen and I'll wager has never happened. First, Linux Live CDs don't auto-mount hard drive partitions, they must be manually mounted by the user. Second, Linux Live CDs don't use swap. Third, Linux doesn't use a swap *file* by default it uses a swap *partition* so it would have completely flattened the partition had it somehow gone off the deep end and decided to use your drive as swap on its own. Fourth, even if it did use a swap file, that file would have been just that, a file on the file system separate from anything else and Windows wouldn't have cared a whit. Crawl back under your bridge, troll. /rant +1 You nailed it. |
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Undeletable file. I'm stumped.
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Char Jackson typed: On Fri, 7 Sep 2012 07:54:53 -0400, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: On Thu, 6 Sep 2012 15:55:12 -0500, "BillW50" wrote in article ... 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. rant As with many other anecdotes and instances of failure from you, this reeks of user error. I've been using various Linux Live CDs, including Ubuntu, extensively for system recovery for better than a decade and what you describe just doesn't happen and I'll wager has never happened. First, Linux Live CDs don't auto-mount hard drive partitions, they must be manually mounted by the user. Second, Linux Live CDs don't use swap. Third, Linux doesn't use a swap *file* by default it uses a swap *partition* so it would have completely flattened the partition had it somehow gone off the deep end and decided to use your drive as swap on its own. Fourth, even if it did use a swap file, that file would have been just that, a file on the file system separate from anything else and Windows wouldn't have cared a whit. Crawl back under your bridge, troll. /rant +1 You nailed it. Nope you both are wrong and owe us an apology. -- Bill Asus EEE PC 702G8 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC Windows XP SP2 |
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Undeletable file. I'm stumped.
On 09/07/2012 06:54 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote:
On Thu, 6 Sep 2012 15:55:12 -0500, "BillW50" wrote in article ... In , 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." snip 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. rant As with many other anecdotes and instances of failure from you, this reeks of user error. I've been using various Linux Live CDs, including Ubuntu, extensively for system recovery for better than a decade and what you describe just doesn't happen and I'll wager has never happened. First, Linux Live CDs don't auto-mount hard drive partitions, they must be manually mounted by the user. Second, Linux Live CDs don't use swap. Third, Linux doesn't use a swap *file* by default it uses a swap *partition* so it would have completely flattened the partition had it somehow gone off the deep end and decided to use your drive as swap on its own. Fourth, even if it did use a swap file, that file would have been just that, a file on the file system separate from anything else and Windows wouldn't have cared a whit. Crawl back under your bridge, troll. /rant Now that I think of it you are right... the user must have made some other error. Not only is it true about Linux using a swap partition rather than a swap file...It would certainly not setup anything on an NTFS drive In all the years I've used Linux live cd's they never had any effect on the Windows install other than what I chose to modify -- https://www.createspace.com/3707686 |
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"philo" wrote in message
... On 09/07/2012 06:54 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: On Thu, 6 Sep 2012 15:55:12 -0500, "BillW50" wrote in article ... In , 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." snip 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. rant As with many other anecdotes and instances of failure from you, this reeks of user error. I've been using various Linux Live CDs, including Ubuntu, extensively for system recovery for better than a decade and what you describe just doesn't happen and I'll wager has never happened. First, Linux Live CDs don't auto-mount hard drive partitions, they must be manually mounted by the user. Second, Linux Live CDs don't use swap. Third, Linux doesn't use a swap *file* by default it uses a swap *partition* so it would have completely flattened the partition had it somehow gone off the deep end and decided to use your drive as swap on its own. Fourth, even if it did use a swap file, that file would have been just that, a file on the file system separate from anything else and Windows wouldn't have cared a whit. Crawl back under your bridge, troll. /rant Now that I think of it you are right... the user must have made some other error. Not only is it true about Linux using a swap partition rather than a swap file...It would certainly not setup anything on an NTFS drive In all the years I've used Linux live cd's they never had any effect on the Windows install other than what I chose to modify Exactly. I too have been using a variety of Linux Live CDs for over a decade, and they simply do not touch the hard drives or mount them for anything, unless and until the user allows it. -- Glen Ventura MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009 CompTIA A+ |
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