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Old 08-09-2007   #2 (permalink)
Carey Frisch [MVP]


 
 

Re: Can not Delete a file????

Boot into "Safe Mode" and then uninstall the offending program(s).

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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"Angyl" wrote:

I got a few 'trial games' downloaded and I now I can't delete the .exe used
to install them. I am being told that
The action can't be completed because the file is open by another program.
Close the file and try again.

This is a load of crap. The programs (one of them is a .mov video clip too)
are NOT open, I only ran them once and my computer has been restarted several
times since then. the Task Manager does not show these processes running
either.

WTH???
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