unable to delete

Discussion in 'Software' started by geekedittilitGHz, Feb 15, 2006.

  1. geekedittilitGHz

    geekedittilitGHz <i>puto cum grano salis</i>

    i was downloading a game demo and then cancelled it and it wont let me delete the "temp" file and says access denied... i made sure it wasnt downloading and checked to make sure it had nothing else to do with firefox.. so why the hell wont it go away?!
     
    geekedittilitGHz, Feb 15, 2006
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  2. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Close all browsers first and then try to delete. If that does not work, reboot and then try to delete.
     
    chaslang, Feb 15, 2006
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  3. Major Attitude

    Major Attitude Co-Owner MajorGeeks.Com Staff Member

    Major Attitude, Feb 15, 2006
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  4. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Options to delete this errant file, which seems to be locked by some app are....


    1. Pocket Killbox
    2. MoveOnBoot this one, once you dragNdrop the file or browse for its location, deletes the file on reboot, so any applications that have locked the file are not running so cannot lock it before deletion.. my fav!
    3. Unlocker This should also unlock and allow you to delete without the need for re-booting.
     
    DavidGP, Feb 15, 2006
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  5. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    It's a temp file guys! A reboot will normally resolve that. Windows currently just thinks the file is in use. After reboot, it normally will not be in use anymore.

    Pocket Killbox and MoveOnBoot will require the reboot anyway and should be able to remove it, but they probably are not needed.
     
    chaslang, Feb 15, 2006
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  6. geekedittilitGHz

    geekedittilitGHz <i>puto cum grano salis</i>

    none of those worked :mad: i already have rebooted and still not gone... killbox couldnt delete it, unlocker wouldnt unlock it OMFG GO AWAY STUPID FILE!!
     
    geekedittilitGHz, Feb 15, 2006
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  7. geekedittilitGHz

    geekedittilitGHz <i>puto cum grano salis</i>

    nevermind... unlocker got it!! thx for all ur guy's help!:)
     
    geekedittilitGHz, Feb 15, 2006
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  8. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    That means there was a process running that was keeping the file locked. Which process was it.
     
    chaslang, Feb 15, 2006
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  9. geekedittilitGHz

    geekedittilitGHz <i>puto cum grano salis</i>

    explorer.exe
     
    geekedittilitGHz, Feb 15, 2006
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  10. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    That's strange! It was not iexplore.exe but rather explore.exe?
     
    chaslang, Feb 15, 2006
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  11. geekedittilitGHz

    geekedittilitGHz <i>puto cum grano salis</i>

    nope it said explorer.exe lol thats odd!
     
    geekedittilitGHz, Feb 16, 2006
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  12. Insomniac

    Insomniac Billy Ray Cyrus #1 Fan

    I always get that with hard to delete files.

    It just means Windows is using it.
     
    Insomniac, Feb 16, 2006
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  13. theefool

    theefool Geekified

    Same with me. But, I typically use safe mode with command prompt to delete the offending file. :) Or I end the explorer process to kill the file.
     
    theefool, Feb 16, 2006
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