baza31
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downloaded some the other week. then when i tried to erase all of them , they all went expect one. when i press delete nothing happens i know this should be in geek day but if i dont get it off by tomorrow i am in for it.
ps my antivirus says i have no virus?
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Ian
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Its probably in use. Try restarting the computer.
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kz
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i had this once and it made the filename too long to deleted. try deleting through dos prompt
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abdus
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try searching for it through your processes, end it and then delete
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baza31
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tried restarting it but no luck. cant find it in processes either?
anything else i can do?
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liveseytowers
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Start in safe mode and then delete it maybe? That should stop the file from starting? Also try renaming the file if you can and then rebooting, that might let you delete it then?
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baza31
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tried starting it in safe mode and deleting it and it didnt work. it doesnt say delete in menu if you right click on it.
anyone else?
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abdus
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quote:
Originally posted by abdus
try searching for it through your processes, end it and then delete
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abdus
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what's the name of the file?
it might be a spyware.
get the name, then right hand click on your task bar, task manager, processes, look for it there, end process. Then delete the file
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baza31
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its not there . anyone know of any decent spyware removers thats free?
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kz
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quote:
Originally posted by baza31
tried starting it in safe mode and deleting it and it didnt work. it doesnt say delete in menu if you right click on it.
anyone else?
have you tried what i said? cause thats exactly what happened to me
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Liam
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spybot search & destroy
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abdus
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windows defender
avg free
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baza31
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whats dos promp?
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kz
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find command prompt under accessories, or type cmd into search.
now you have to find the file. type cd.. to go back a directory.
type dir to display the files in the current directory
now to go into a directory, for instance to get into the windows folder youd type dir c:\windows
keep going until you find your file then simply type del c:\filename.jpg
seems a bit long winded but its the only way i could find of doing it!
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Russ
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is it not just a read-only file? untick the rad only box then delete
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Cybermonkey
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the problem is what kz highlighted above. the filename will be too long for windows to deal with. but in the CMD prompt, you can only have a maximum of 8 characters in a file name, you must type the first 7 of the filename and represent the rest as a ~.jpg for example. you also have to use the DEL function in CMD.
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baza31
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i cant get onto the folder in cmd, i can get it up so it shows the file names but cant get into the file itself?
thanks
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baza31
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bttt
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kz
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you dont need to get into the actual file. just so long as you have the address of where it is... just type that but with del in front of it. PM cybermonkey if you get stuck as i think hes the guy that told me how to do it in the first place 
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Lambo
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drag it into a new folder and then delete the folder that you have just put it in 
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_Allan_
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and two years later he might just have done it 
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N3CRO
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I have a similar problem.
I can't delete any of the files in Temp. Internet Files except cookies neither manually, automatically nor thru DOS.
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Mark Prydderch
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quote:
Originally posted by _Allan_
and two years later he might just have done it
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jamesw
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use the folder pane, you will see there are actually no files under temporary internet folder, instead there is a content.ie5 folder, this has loads of sub folders, just delete the sub folders from the folder pane, or easier, just use te clear temp internet files button in IE
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