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12-19-2004, 09:02 AM
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Cannot Delete certain desktop items.
Hello,
at some point or another i created a program on the desktop called 57.exe, i think it was something to do with battlefield 1942 or something. Anyway, i cannot delete it, when i try it states "cannot delete 57:it is being used by another person or another program, close any programs that might be using this file and try again." ok, so i try renaming it, wont let me. Next i tried booting into safemode and deleting it, got the same thing. Finally i got a program called "wholockme" that shows what program is using it. It says that it is being used by explorer. Any clues on how i can delete this? |
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12-19-2004, 09:20 AM
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Try booting to DOS and deleting the file from there. That should fix it. I don't exactly know how to boot to DOS (been a while since I did that). But use the cd command to go to the directory and del 57.exe.
You can also check if you can disable 57.exe from msconfig.
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12-19-2004, 01:37 PM
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12-19-2004, 03:19 PM
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Thanks GLC, lifesaver as always.
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12-20-2004, 05:55 AM
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There is a program called "Sure Delete" that will get rid of anything. I'll try to find it.
Here it is http://www.wizard-industries.com/ Caution...be very careful using this program, because there is NO recovery. Last edited by bozo; 12-20-2004 at 06:06 AM. |
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01-02-2005, 05:34 AM
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help!?
erm...i have some items on my desktop which i did not install, there are also some thing installed in my favourate. i cannot do anything to the items on the desktop...all i can do is highlight them, not right click.! if i click on them they lead me to...
http://srch.lop.com/search/search.cg...ng&src=desktop i have an anti virus on my pc and a no-adware program. please could you help me in how to remove these items,...thanks 
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01-02-2005, 06:56 AM
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You could try going to "Explorer" (right click on "Start") navigate to "Desktop" & try to right click & delete from there.
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01-02-2005, 09:34 AM
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