I tried your suggestion, but it didn't work. I even tried deleting it from
within the DOS session, but I got the same "the file is in use" message.
FYI, I don't know if this is relevant, but Mona.exe will not run in DOS
under Vista.
"DecHex" <725012b1014@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:490C7B3D-36FE-43FD-AE3F-D9DEC95AEC00@xxxxxx
Quote:
> 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
> news:%23KMhoTS5IHA.832@xxxxxx Quote:
>>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.
>>
>>
>