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Re: Can not Delete a file????
Michael Solomon wrote:
> 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???
>
> Try deleting it in Safe Mode. Boot the system, start tapping F8, at
> the menu, choose Safe Mode.
This is got the be the most fuggered up way to delete a file. I don't
think i've ever had to reboot just to do that, unless there was soem
serious IO snafu that resulted in a zombie process, but clearly that is
not the case as the OP said he rebooted and it persisted. Makes you
wonder why Vista is keeping tabs on certain files... and some of you
think theres no privacy concerns in Vista.
Theres no reason for that sort of behavior; it is unacceptable imho.
-saran
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