Hi
Try opening a DOS session (start, type cmd, right click on file select,
run as administrator, point to appropriate folder,
and delete offending article.
Hope this helps
DH
"Robert Francis" <me@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I have an old DOS file on my computer called Mona.exe which is only 41KB.
>It was basically a little joke program which made the Mona Lisa lose her
>top. Anyway, I thought I had deleted it long ago but I recently noticed
>that it had been transferred to my new Vista system along with several
>other files from my old computer. But when I try to delete Mona.exe Vista
>tells me that it can't because the file is open in another program. It
>even says this right after I restart. I checked the task manager but
>Mona.exe is not there, and there is no reference to it in the registry.
>Mona.exe has been scanned many times and is not anything dangerous, but I
>can't get rid of it.
>
> Does anybody know what is going on? How can I find out which program is
> supposedly using Mona.exe? Or how can I get Vista to let me delete it?
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
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