maddoghunter Posted February 21, 2006 CID Share Posted February 21, 2006 help i cant remove a file it says another programme is useing it and i know its not so this is a movie file,everytime i try to remove it it says another programme is useing it,i used to have a programme for removal of stuborn files but lost this when i reinstaled my pc some time back hope someone knows the name of programme and where to download it thanks maddog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdawnaz Posted February 21, 2006 CID Share Posted February 21, 2006 what's the poll for???...what r we voting on??... can u go into the task manager and end the process that's using this file? that's happened to me before and that's what i did...wasn't a movie tho...it was a song...and actually it turned out to be some sort of spyware...and my anti spyware caught it and couldn't remove it til i ended it in the task manager. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurricane_floyd Posted February 21, 2006 CID Share Posted February 21, 2006 GiPo@FileUtilities That is what I use, it can move copy or delete files at windows startup. It can also create "Hardlinks" to files (objects that look like files but more than one can point to the same data on the disk). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jared Posted February 21, 2006 CID Share Posted February 21, 2006 Boot up in safe mode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted February 21, 2006 CID Share Posted February 21, 2006 help i cant remove a file it says another programme is useing it and i know its not so this is a movie file,everytime i try to remove it it says another programme is useing it,i used to have a programme for removal of stuborn files but lost this when i reinstaled my pc some time back hope someone knows the name of programme and where to download it thanks maddog go into safe mode, or hold shift as windows is starting to stop it rom running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdawnaz Posted February 21, 2006 CID Share Posted February 21, 2006 then what do ya do from there...what do u guys think it is that's keeping him from being able to remove it?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cak46 Posted February 21, 2006 CID Share Posted February 21, 2006 Try KillBox to stop execution and delete the file: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/files/killbox.php If you need help with killbox, please let us know! tdawnaz If a file is in use / loaded into memory, there is a lock put on the file preventing deletion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdawnaz Posted February 21, 2006 CID Share Posted February 21, 2006 tdawnaz If a file is in use / loaded into memory, there is a lock put on the file preventing deletion. so sounds like the problem i had isn't the same as his...u know us women, we have different problems than men do...so what other program is using his file?? i didn't have to do all that to be able to delete it i just used the task mgr/end process and poof it was gone... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan314 Posted February 21, 2006 CID Share Posted February 21, 2006 Let me guess.. its a movie file off limewire. and the reason you cant delete it is because limewire is somehow still using it? if so close limewire then delete if not follow everyone elses suggestions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FallowEarth Posted February 21, 2006 CID Share Posted February 21, 2006 safeboot should be your best bet. otherwise, open system configuration utility (msconfig) and disable your startup items, then reboot and torch the file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cak46 Posted February 21, 2006 CID Share Posted February 21, 2006 so sounds like the problem i had isn't the same as his...u know us women, we have different problems than men do...so what other program is using his file?? i didn't have to do all that to be able to delete it i just used the task mgr/end process and poof it was gone... If a file is in use by another program, such as Word as an example, you won't be able to delete the open file. You can give it a try, just for fun : Make a document file in Word, or some other word processing program, then save it to your desktop. Now, while you have the file you just created open in your word processing program, try to delete it from your desktop. You most likely will get a sharing violation error when you try to delete it. A file does not need to be in the task manager as a process to be locked. Most any file can be locked by just being in use by another program. BTW: There are many sub-processes running underneath each of the listings in the task managers process list.You can see these by downloading a process viewer: here is one that I use: http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,6102,00.asp Many spyware programs will load as sub-processes (modules) because these processes are 'hidden' from view in Task Manager. Hope this helps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddoghunter Posted February 21, 2006 Author CID Share Posted February 21, 2006 thanks guys fixed it with your help,done it in safe mode last time i got this it didnt deleit in safe mode,this time it has thanks for your help folks,sorry about the poll didnt realise but vote if you want lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurricane_floyd Posted February 22, 2006 CID Share Posted February 22, 2006 Actually he may have a virus trying to access the file, or a failed attempt at trying to change a file or directory's attributes can cause XP to glitch up and try to access the file all the time. Maybe an error scan of the disk would fix the problem. And for sure run a good virus scan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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