Guest Jimbo Posted July 29, 2007 Posted July 29, 2007 I accidentally moved a small .exe file onto my desktop when trying to create a shortcut. When I try to delete it I get the message "Cannot delete XXX: It is being used by another person or program. Close any programs that might be using the file and try again." I am the only user on the computer and this happens when no other applications are running, and it happens in normal mode and in safe mode. The program is a small game, and nothing else would use it that I can think of. I expect there is an obvious answer. Any suggestions? It's not really doing any harm but it annoys me -- Jim
Guest P. Di Stolfo Posted July 29, 2007 Posted July 29, 2007 Re: .exe file on Desktop won't delete Hello, try these steps: http://www.petri.co.il/delete_undeletable_files.htm Greetings, P. Di Stolfo -- //----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- // http://blog.lysorp.com - small Windows Blog in German language //----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Jimbo" <Jimbo@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:93CEA1C3-15B3-43BD-9F4F-B4D6C94C5216@microsoft.com... >I accidentally moved a small .exe file onto my desktop when trying to >create > a shortcut. When I try to delete it I get the message "Cannot delete XXX: > It > is being used by another person or program. Close any programs that might > be > using the file and try again." > > I am the only user on the computer and this happens when no other > applications are running, and it happens in normal mode and in safe mode. > The > program is a small game, and nothing else would use it that I can think > of. I > expect there is an obvious answer. Any suggestions? > > It's not really doing any harm but it annoys me > -- > Jim
Guest nass Posted July 29, 2007 Posted July 29, 2007 RE: .exe file on Desktop won't delete "Jimbo" wrote: > I accidentally moved a small .exe file onto my desktop when trying to create > a shortcut. When I try to delete it I get the message "Cannot delete XXX: It > is being used by another person or program. Close any programs that might be > using the file and try again." > > I am the only user on the computer and this happens when no other > applications are running, and it happens in normal mode and in safe mode. The > program is a small game, and nothing else would use it that I can think of. I > expect there is an obvious answer. Any suggestions? > > It's not really doing any harm but it annoys me > -- > Jim Hi Jim, Try to press ALT + DEL + CTRL and Kill the running process for this Application. Then try the deletion, are you able to delete it?. If still you can use this tool: AutoRuns for Windows v8.61 By Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell" http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/ProcessesAndThreads/Autoruns.mspx Or this one: http://www.ccleaner.com HTH. nass
Guest Stephen Lo Posted July 29, 2007 Posted July 29, 2007 Re: .exe file on Desktop won't delete Jimbo wrote: > I accidentally moved a small .exe file onto my desktop when trying to create > a shortcut. When I try to delete it I get the message "Cannot delete XXX: It > is being used by another person or program. Close any programs that might be > using the file and try again." > > I am the only user on the computer and this happens when no other > applications are running, and it happens in normal mode and in safe mode. The > program is a small game, and nothing else would use it that I can think of. I > expect there is an obvious answer. Any suggestions? > > It's not really doing any harm but it annoys me These may help: http://www.softwarepatch.com/tips/howto-delete-xp.html http://www.softwarepatch.com/software/moveonboot.html http://killbox.net/ Good luck!! -- ************************************************************************** Stephen Lo, Vancouver, BC., CA.
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