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09-29-2006
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| | Re: Deleting protected files restart your computer and try deleting again. whatever process the machine thinks is using the file will no longer be tied to it and you should be able to delete it. <DIV>"Legomania100" <Legomania100@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:7E01B8F2-F80D-4876-ADEF-77C74D075212@microsoft.com...</DIV>>I made a file on my desktop and now when I try to delete is, I recieve the > followin error message: > CANNOT DELETE (FILENAME): IT IS BEING USED BY ANOTHER PERSON OR PROGRAM. > CLOSE ANY PROGRAMS THAT MIGHT BE USING THE FILE AND TRY AGAIN. > I have no other programs running and am in the user profile that created > this file. What's Going On??? |
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