Hard Light Productions Forums

Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: pyro-manic on March 25, 2005, 03:21:42 pm

Title: Windows oddness...
Post by: pyro-manic on March 25, 2005, 03:21:42 pm

OK, a random Windoze problem for ya:

I've got some files that I can't delete. When I delete 'em (either right-click-->delete or select and press delete key), windows thinks for a few seconds and then tells me that the file is being used and cannot be deleted. Most odd. They're definitely not being used, and they're cluttering up my PC, so I want rid of them. One is a Far Cry patch, and the others are partially-downloaded files of several types (exe, zip, rar etc). Any ideas how I can get rid of them?

Title: Windows oddness...
Post by: Odyssey on March 25, 2005, 03:25:41 pm

Have you tried restarting in safe mode?

Or alternatively, deleting them through DOS running off a bootable floppy. Windows XP can still do that, despite not running off DOS itself, right?

Title: Windows oddness...
Post by: Kie99 on March 25, 2005, 03:48:55 pm

Try This (http://safsquad.com/Files/EndItAll2.zip), End all the programs then try deleting it.