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Cybermonkey

posted on 16th Jun 06 at 08:00

yes its a command prompt delete, so the entry is removed from your file system, depending whether you are using FAT or NTFS. it wont show its ugly face again, however run a virus scan to be on the safe side...


kz

posted on 15th Jun 06 at 18:25

quote:
Originally posted by Cybermonkey
quote:
Originally posted by kz
hey man i think that might be working. but i have a space, example the filename starts "REAL good" so how do i do this? i tried

DEL REAL g~1.jpg
DEL REAL_g~1.jpg

?


DEL REALGO~1.jpg :thumbs:


FUCKING LEGEND MATE! it worked :thumbs: one question though, where does it go? its not in the recycle bin so im guessing its just properly deleted off the hard drive?


Cybermonkey

posted on 15th Jun 06 at 07:45

quote:
Originally posted by kz
hey man i think that might be working. but i have a space, example the filename starts "REAL good" so how do i do this? i tried

DEL REAL g~1.jpg
DEL REAL_g~1.jpg

?


DEL REALGO~1.jpg :thumbs:


nyzrox

posted on 15th Jun 06 at 00:54

Man take a look at this, it is a fantastic program and will kill any process using a file.

http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/


kz

posted on 14th Jun 06 at 22:18

hey man i think that might be working. but i have a space, example the filename starts "REAL good" so how do i do this? i tried

DEL REAL g~1.jpg
DEL REAL_g~1.jpg

?


Cybermonkey

posted on 14th Jun 06 at 07:10

oh and dont use CMD, use COMMAND


Cybermonkey

posted on 14th Jun 06 at 07:10

this sounds like an illegal file length, causing windows to trip over itself when trying to delete it, or even rename it. easiest way is to locate file using the COMMAND utility in Run. do a DIR check to find the file, then use the DEL command, making sure the filename uses the 8 charecter specification, ie, C:\PROGRA~1

this is an example of how it should look. fhrtyu is an example of the first six charecters of the filename. this should work
C:\del fhrtyu~1.jpg


abdus

posted on 13th Jun 06 at 19:31

what's the name?


kz

posted on 13th Jun 06 at 18:49

lol totally lost me there ian. its so annoying i cant find out the real file extention as it hides as a jpg!? :mad:


Ian

posted on 12th Jun 06 at 23:51

If its a dll you'll need to unreg it.

Read this

http://www.ss64.com/nt/regsvr32.html


kz

posted on 12th Jun 06 at 22:14

no mate it aint a running process, its aint even an executable file


abdus

posted on 12th Jun 06 at 19:30

read my post


kz

posted on 12th Jun 06 at 19:30

tried that mate :( still wont delete in safe mode. oh and the files not actually in vista, its in my C:/ which is windows xp, i just tried going through vista to delete it!


abdus

posted on 12th Jun 06 at 19:30

it's a running process then...go to task manager, processes, identify and end process there..then delete


Mav 3000

posted on 12th Jun 06 at 19:27

load your pc in safe mode, delete it. It may be a system file currently in use by one of your (dodgy) background applications. Or, a bug with Vista Beta.


kz

posted on 12th Jun 06 at 19:19

hi i have a file which has installed itself on my computer, it says its a jpg, but it isnt because when i open it in firefox, it opens a directory of my entire C:/ :o now this looks very suspect! it also has a very dodgy filename which cannot be changed! i even tried going in from V:/ (my partitioned vista drive) and deleting it from there, but it just wont go.

ive run AVG, Ad-Aware and Spybot and not one of them has done anything about it. any ideas!?